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28/07/2026 Butlin's safety officers warn of strike ballot over pay and staffing concerns

28/07/2026 Asda pain mounts as sales slump and job cuts bite - Grocery Gazette - Latest Grocery Industry News

28/07/2026 Vodafone slashes 1,200 jobs across UK and rest of Europe in major cost-cutting drive

28/07/2026 Jobs lost across Labour’s ‘growth’ sectors in blow to Burnham

28/07/2026 Barclays increases bonus pool by nearly 30% as calls grow for UK bank tax

28/07/2026 Mishcon's NQ lawyer salary rises to £110k - Legal Cheek

28/07/2026 Urgent action demanded to end Cwm Taf Morgannwg health visitor strike - Herald.Wales

28/07/2026 NHS workers fear outsourcing may worsen staff shortages

28/07/2026 Training agreements: Court of Appeal delivers a warning for employers seeking to claw back costs - BDBF LLP

28/07/2026 Social care is main driver of councils' emergency funding requests

28/07/2026 66 jobs lost as Cradley Heath engineering firm goes into administration

28/07/2026 Train drivers in Great Britain consider strike action over lack of toilets

27/07/2026 'Insulting': BBC staff anger at 1% pay-rise offer as job cuts loom

27/07/2026 Further details released about East Midlands Railway strike action

27/07/2026 V&A workers hold ballot to strike over pay and heatwave conditions

27/07/2026 National Gallery security staff 'treated with absolute contempt'

27/07/2026 PCS fights devastating MOD plan to scrap military base caretaker posts

27/07/2026 OCS security guards threatened by job cuts and demotions share why they’re prepared to strike

27/07/2026 Scarborough bus firm 'committed' to resolving pay dispute

27/07/2026 No postcode has achieved gender parity – Andy Burnham's industrial strategy could help fix that

27/07/2026 Babcock launches UK defence engineering skills study - The Engineer

27/07/2026 BDMs see average earnings rise by 12% to hit more than £128k

27/07/2026 The Victorians have some lessons for Burnham on radical devolution

27/07/2026 More than 600,000 UK high earners could be dragged into pension trap by 2032

27/07/2026 Why wages and productivity look set to diverge further

27/07/2026 Hundreds of Gatwick planes to be grounded if Menzies refuellers strike

27/07/2026 Top UK law firm partners take home record pay

27/07/2026 Why workers are nostalgic for life before AI

27/07/2026 Major UK pub chain axing all 14 Welsh sites as exact date revealed

27/07/2026 Heathrow expansion would take thousands of jobs from other UK regions, report finds

27/07/2026 ADHD has rewired the workplace - these are the consequences

24/07/2026 Rethinking Reproductive Health Support in the Workplace

24/07/2026 South London & Maudsley NHS estates workers strike over fair pay

24/07/2026 Theatres’ exclusion from business rates cut is ‘disappointing’ - SOLT and UK Theatre

24/07/2026 Architects fear AI will cost jobs and harm profession’s next generation, RIBA finds

24/07/2026 Fears for Exeter as NHS and university announce mass job cuts

24/07/2026 Rail companies face £6m compensation bill after bypassing union

24/07/2026 Department for Education industrial action ballot result

24/07/2026 June heatwave cost UK economy more than £1 billion, study finds - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

24/07/2026 Care workers consider striking over staff transfer

24/07/2026 Tesco stores across UK face ‘empty shelves’ as distribution workers ballot for strike

24/07/2026 Nestle warned sale of Buxton water must not be used to attack workers

24/07/2026 Balcas workers set for week-long strike action from tomorrow

24/07/2026 Striking brick workers return after five weeks as employer agrees to suspend changes

24/07/2026 ‘Customers prefer AI chatbots,’ says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre jobs axed

23/07/2026 Flexibility key factor for those taking jobs in third sector - TFN

23/07/2026 Gen Z workers are socialising more after returning to the office, study suggests - Workplace Insight

23/07/2026 British Gas owner to cut 1,300 jobs over two years in major overhaul

23/07/2026 Santander vows not to shut more branches before 2028

23/07/2026 Some food prices have fallen – but inflation expected to rise from here

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