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Members of england's largest teaching union are to strike for another two days, after voting by an overwhelming majority to reject the latest pay offer from the government. the education secretary called it "extremely disappointing" and said it will result in more disruption for children. an estimated 1,800 workers at the uk's passport office have begun a five—week strike, also in a dispute about pay. the government insists the action won't affect the amount of time it takes to process a passport application. but the pcs union, which represents civil servants, is predicting huge delays. resi...

Ireland, merseyside, parts of north wales and the south—west later we should see brightness which could trigger sharp showers. they could be thundery. still breezy conditions across the south and west. 0vernight, rain continues to advance northwards and eastwards. a lot of cloud behind. a new weatherfront comes into western scotland and northern ireland and another into the south—west. a milder night. the rain coming in western areas tomorrow will push northwards and eastwards through the day. again, blustery wind across the south—west. the rain peppering up here later but turning milder...

Working conditions. i think i things are a bit busier today is because network rail staff, the signallers and maintenance staff who run the railways, they are not out on strike, they are currently considering a fresh pay offer from network rail. they will have a ballot on that which closes at midday on monday. as it stands, no fresh proposals from the rail operating companies to the rmt, so there are more strikes planned. this rail strike comes in the context of wider strikes across the united kingdom, doesn't it? we wider strikes across the united kingdom, doesn't it?— wider strikes across ...

Will be big political debates, one about whether the government is going far enough, to about whether it strategy is actually going to work, and three, this is the argument opposition parties will use, is the chancellor the man who now lives in number 11 just cleaning up now lives in number 11 just cleaning up some of the mess left by previous conservative governments? that is what some of the labour party would argue. hundreds of thousands of workers in the uk are going on strike today in what could be the biggest walk—out since the current wave of industrial action started last year. today...

Will be back with a vengeance. a teaching union has called off planned strike action after receiving a new pay offer from the scottish government. the educational institute of scotland will now hold a ballot on the deal which would see teachers get a 12.3% increase in pay by april, rising to 14% by 202a. it means 20 days of rolling strikes that had been planned in scotland have been suspended while members vote. senior doctors in england are being told by their union to ask for at least three times their basic pay to provide emergency cover forjunior colleagues, when they go on strike later th...