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Popular Sheffield Cafe first to recognise Trade Union

The workers and owners of a popular local café/restaurant have forged a union recognition agreement thought to be a first of its kind in the city. South Street Kitchen in Park Hill has agreed to undertake collective bargaining with their workers’ union of choice, Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU). The agreement means that the owners… Read more »

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BASC cooks up a storm with colleges across the country

BASC’s wild food team is celebrating educating more than 700 members of the next generation of chefs about game meat in the last year. BASC has worked with 36 colleges across the UK since early 2021 to highlight the field to fork journey of game meat to students and staff and to highlight and promote… Read more »

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Govt seeks to deport child asylum seekers immediately
Deporting asylum-seeking children ‘places them at risk’

The government has been accused of putting children at risk through proposals to deport failed child asylum seekers. Currently children that are turned down for asylum in the UK are still allowed to remain until they are 18. But the government today set out proposals to begin deportation procedures immediately. Immigration minister Liam Byrne argued… Read more »

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Peter Hain faces more criticism
Hain’s DWP faces national insurance criticism

The government is investigating whether it has mistakenly issued thousands of illegal immigrants with national insurance numbers. Last year it emerged over 6,600 non-EU workers had been cleared for jobs after being issued national insurance numbers. And yesterday’s Channel 4 News claimed 900,000 national insurance numbers were given out between January 2004 and April 2007… Read more »