Matt Trinder
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Isle of Wight jail failing to prepare prisoners for release
A PRISON that aims to rehabilitate high-risk sex offenders has failed to prepare effectively for their release and is plagued by staff shortages, inspectors will warn today. HMP Isle of Wight returns one or two prisoners to the community each month, but in a report the prisons inspectorate said that inmates were not always identified or properly discussed before release to ensure “robust risk… → Read More
Tory plans to rush ‘sunsetting’ of EU laws could put rights of millions of workers at risk
TORY plans to “rush the sunsetting” of EU laws by the end of 2023 will endanger the workplace rights of more than eight million people, a leading think tank warns today. The Work Foundation said that protections for part-time, fixed-term and agency staff will be in the greatest jeopardy if the government presses ahead with post-Brexit plans to amend, replace or scrap thousands of pieces of EU… → Read More
Nurses gear up for second day of national strike action
HEALTH unions accused Tory ministers of complete intransigence on NHS staff pay today ahead of more national strikes in the health service. Unite said Health Secretary Steve Barclay is holding the country to ransom by refusing to budge on another round of real-terms wage cuts, while Unison predicted that the dispute would continue unless a very firm commitment came to reopen pay talks. The… → Read More
Teacher shortage is ‘undermining quality of education’, union warns
TEACHER supply shortages are creating “serious staffing gaps in schools which are undermining the quality of education,” the National Education Union (NEU) has warned. The union said data compiled by the National Foundation for Educational Research reveals that “too few graduates are choosing to train to be a teacher and too many teachers are choosing to leave the profession.” The foundation’s… → Read More
Hancock slammed for attempting to deny responsibility for tens of thousands of Covid deaths
National Care Association chairwoman Nadra Ahmed says former health secretary's recollections ‘bear no resemblance to the facts’ → Read More
Changes to online safety Bill meet mixed reaction
MINISTERS abandoning plans to regulate “legal but harmful” online content was largely welcomed today by the Communist Party of Britain (CPB), which urged caution over “any legislation that increases state and corporate power over free speech.” The warning came after Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan confirmed the measures, which she said could “erode free speech,” will not be included in the… → Read More
Reviving 'moribund and discredited' BAME Labour is a 'deeply damaging attack' on black members, Labour warned
LABOUR is launching a “deeply damaging attack” on the rights of its black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) members by resurrecting the “moribund and discredited” BAME Labour group, campaigners have charged. Grassroots group Momentum branded proposals passed at a meeting of the party’s national executive committee today a “travesty of justice which would disenfranchise thousands of BAME members… → Read More
NHS recruitment drive dubbed ‘futile until nurses are paid fair salary’
THE latest NHS recruitment drive to fill tens of thousands of vacancies across England is “futile until nursing staff are paid a fair salary,” the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned. The union’s We Are The NHS campaign follows a stark assessment from MPs over the summer that the country is short of 50,000 nurses and midwives and 12,000 hospital doctors. Hundreds of thousands of health… → Read More
London at risk of ‘sleepwalking into regular fires and floods,’ Khan warns following calls from FBU
LONDON is at risk of “sleepwalking into regular fires and floods,” Sadiq Khan warned today following calls from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for more resources to fight the worsening effects of global warming. The capital’s Labour mayor, who has praised the “incredible efforts” of firefighters, acknowledged the scale of the challenge they face. But, when questioned by Green Party London… → Read More
40,000 rail workers set to hold another day of national strike action
MORE than 40,000 rail workers are set to hold another day of national strike action over pay, jobs and working conditions on October 8, RMT announced today. The transport union, which had already confirmed walkouts at Network Rail and 15 train operators for October 1 – the seventh this year – said the industrial action will “effectively shut down the railway network.” General secretary Mick… → Read More
999 emergency call handlers set to strike
‘Goodwill of workers at the BT Group has run dry,’ union warns → Read More
‘There's a debate to be had’ — Drakeford not told of new Prince of Wales ahead of royal announcement
WELSH First Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed today that he was not given advance notice that the Duke of Cambridge has become the new Prince of Wales. The late queen’s grandson and his wife Catherine were named the new Prince and Princess of Wales by King Charles III on Saturday. The title is traditionally given to the heir to the throne, but is not passed on automatically. It was originally… → Read More
Unison rejects new wage offer from Scottish councils
UNISON rejected a new pay offer from council leaders today, amid bin strikes which has left rubbish piled high on Scotland’s streets. The Unite and GMB unions are still considering the proposal from umbrella body the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, details of which have not yet been made public. Industrial action by refuse workers has hit two-thirds of the 32 councils north of the… → Read More
Underpaid exam board staff to strike on GCSE results day
UNDERPAID staff threatened with fire and rehire at exam board AQA are set to strike today, as hundreds of thousands of pupils across England and Wales receive their GCSE results. About 180 workers, including people in customer services who their union, Unison, said would normally take calls about grades from schools, parents and young people, began a five-day walkout yesterday. The industrial… → Read More
Strike Map and Bakers' Union launch new initiative to organise workers
A NEW initiative for non-unionised workers is set to help people stand together and fight for their rights, organisers told the Morning Star today. Organise Now, created by unionists at Strike Map and backed by the BFAWU food workers’ union, is a “worker-led campaign for mass organising of workplaces during a period of increased militancy and a growing cost-of-living crisis.” After submitting a… → Read More
Teaching unions blast Tories' below-inflation pay offer
TORY plans to offer overworked and underpaid teachers a below-inflation pay rise are unacceptable, education unions said today. The warning came after the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi is preparing to propose a wage increase of just 5 per cent for most teachers — less than half the current retail price index inflation rate of 11.7 per cent. Early… → Read More
Specific cladding used on Grenfell Tower banned on all new buildings in England five years after the tragedy
THE exclusion of existing buildings from a new Tory ban on the type of cladding used on Grenfell is “disgraceful,” campaigners charged today. Justice4Grenfell told the Morning Star that thousands of residents trapped in unsafe housing would still be “living in fear” as the guidance — announced yesterday — applies only to new builds. Nearly five years on from the blaze in the west London tower… → Read More
Post Office workers to strike over jubilee weekend over 'disgusting' real-terms cut to pay threat
POST OFFICE workers are set for more national strike actions as they fight “disgusting” real-terms pay cuts amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis, their union announced today. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said further walkouts are needed after management failed to offer a “respectful pay deal.” Following a 24-hour strike early last month, employees in Crown Post Offices – larger… → Read More
Trade unions vow to defeat 'cynical and authoritarian' Tory threat to strike rights
THE labour movement pledged to resist another “cynical and authoritarian” Tory assault on trade union rights today. Working people must be free to organise as they are “not slaves chained to the oars of the galley,” unions stressed, while former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said attacks on workers’ rights during a cost-of-living crisis are “a story as old as the Tory Party.” The furious backlash… → Read More
Prisons Minister fails to answer questions on retirement age and job cuts
TORY Prisons Minister Victoria Atkins failed to give a commitment today to reverse the government’s “cruel, unworkable and impractical” policy of forcing prison officers to retire at state pension age. Ms Atkins merely promised delegates at the Prison Officers’ Association’s annual conference in Eastbourne that she would consult her Treasury counterparts on the issue. She was questioned by Mark… → Read More