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The Welsh university sector has lost 1,000 jobs but still politicians sit by
Education
If jobs losses like at the University of South Wales had been say in a Valleys factory politicians would be crying out for support
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Staff at exam board AQA to stage 72-hour walkout over pay
North West
AQA is headquartered in Manchester
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How a runner-up on The Apprentice went from three GCSEs to making millions
North West
Ruth Hall, then called Ruth Badger, came second on series two of The Apprentice
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Ovo workers 'devastated' at plans to slash quarter of workforce
Employment
Unions said they will oppose the job cuts, and criticised the government for "doing nothing"
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Closing Hinckley Cadent HQ would be 'hammer blow' says union
Employment
Many staff there are already facing redundancy as part of a separate restructuring of the business
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Unison says 200 Cadent jobs at risk
Unison
Union has called on Cadent to rethink its plans and pledge not to make compulsory redundancies
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Former Grimsby MP launches podcast to push green energy agenda
Creative & Digital
Melanie Onn is now deputy chief executive of Renewableº£½ÇÊÓƵ
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What's the difference between the real living wage and national living wage?
Employment
The rate of pay for real living wage earners is set to go up - why is it different from the national living wage?
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Former MP named deputy chief executive of Renewableº£½ÇÊÓƵ
Politics
Melanie Onn emerges in a role representing the industry that has made her former constituency a world leader
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TUC Wales appoints new acting general secretary
Wales
Shavanah Taj has been appointed acting general secretary for the body which is the voice of 400,000 workers in Wales
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Npower announces plans to cut 4,500 jobs at its call centres across the º£½ÇÊÓƵ
npower
The firm's biggest centre near Sunderland employs around 2,000 staff
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EU Brexit deal business reaction - relief but still 'serious concerns' over what it will mean for trade
CBI
Business leaders demand more details while union leader calls agreement 'huge leap backwards'
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Birmingham Post Power 250 2017: Trade Unions
Unison
Some of the key names working for trade unions in the region
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A Living Wage is good for business
Employment
Unision regional secretary says businesses have seen productivity and turnover improvements after paying the Living Wage
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Birmingham Post Power 250: Campaigners and Activists
NHS
The ten people listed as the most influential in the West Midlands from the world of campaigners and activists
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University of Birmingham criticised for not paying living wage
Birmingham City Council
According to Unison, catering, cleaning and library learning support assistants earn below the living wage at the university
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West Midlands PFI projects set taxpayers back £12.7bn
Economic Development
Schemes such as Building Schools for the Future and Queen Elizabeth and Walsgrave hospitals have racked up a gigantic bill for the region
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More industrial unrest over cuts is predicted
Economic Development
A threatened bank holiday rail strike was averted after Network Rail improved a pay offer, but many other disputes have broken out, or worsened, since the Conservatives took power
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Unions blame Government over latest Birmingham City Council job cuts
Unison
The Library of Birmingham and a plethora of leisure services are among those to be scaled back to trim tens of millions of pounds off Birmingham City Council’s budget
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Birmingham City Council to hand over children's homes to outside operator
Economic Development
Authority to face backlash from trade unions over mooted move as it battles to repair beleaguered children's services department
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Almost a quarter of West Midlands workers earn below living wage
Economic Development
New research says 'blackspots' such as Tamworth and Wyre Forest have even higher rates of people earning below the £7.65 per hour rate
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New £353m hospital will mean boost for economy
Economic Development
George Osborne has announced approval for the 670-bed Midland Metropolitan Hospital to be built on vacant industrial land in Smethwick.
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University of Birmingham relents over living wage
Economic Development
Officials announced the University of Birmingham will pay the ‘living wage’ from August 1 this year.
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Employment Tribunal fees claim rejected
Opinion
Until the introduction of Employment Tribunal fees individuals had nothing to lose by issuing claims, leaving employers with the cost and inconvenience of defending sometimes unmeritorious claims.
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