Industrial Relations

Featured
MDU logo
Hidden impact of domestic abuse on doctors revealed in MDU journal

The hidden impact of domestic abuse on healthcare professionals has been revealed by the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF), in the latest edition of the Medical Defence Union (MDU) journal. The RMBF has seen a significant increase in doctors accessing support as a direct result of domestic abuse. Five years ago the charity, which the MDU… Read more »

Featured
Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment
Humanists UK welcomes introduction of Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which was announced in the 2024 King’s Speech, will receive its First Reading in Parliament today. Humanists UK has welcomed proposals including a Children Not in School Register and legislation to close loopholes that enable the continued operation of illegal faith schools. The Bill also includes a requirement… Read more »

Latest articles

News
Smith says police pay must be "affordable"
MPs push for vote on “unfair” police pay

MPs should be allowed to vote on police pay, the home secretary was told last night. Keith Vaz, the chair of the home affairs select committee, pushed for Labour backbenchers to have their own say on the government’s decision not to backdate police pay. Police officers are angered at Jacqui Smith’s pay offer of 1.9… Read more »

News
Brown urges restraint as vote looms on MPs' pay
MPs to lose right to set own pay

MPs may lose the right to decide their own pay rises, as the government struggles to persuade MPs to accept an inflation-curbing pay award. The prime minister wants MPs to accept a 1.9 per cent pay rise, in line with other public sector workers. But the board which makes recommendations for MPs’ pay is likely… Read more »