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23.12.2022 - 18:21 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Nurses and midwives in Perth and Kinross will join strikes across Scotland next year after members of the Royal College of Nursing “overwhelmingly” rejected the latest pay offer for NHS workers.
A total of 82 per cent of members balloted voting against the deal which would have seen the average salary rise by around 7.5 per cent.
RCN Scotland said it will announce dates for strike action in the new year.
Unite and Unison chose to accept the deal, however the GMB union became the first to reject it last week.
The Royal College of Midwives also announced its members had rejected the offer, with almost two thirds (65 per cent) having voted against the deal which it claimed would see many midwives “actually worse off in real terms”.
Meanwhile, Perth and Kinross will go without train services over the Christmas period due to the latest round of strike action by RMT members of Network Rail.
Industrial action takes place from 6pm on Saturday, December 24 until 6am on Tuesday, December 27 across the British railway network resulting from a pay, jobs and conditions dispute with the track and infrastructure operator.
A smattering of services will run elsewhere in Scotland during most of the strike days with a normal timetable returning between December 28-30.
RMT members will also strike on January 3-4 and 6-7.
Train services did not run for five days in Perth and Kinross last week due to the strikes.
Union members “emphatically” rejected the latest pay offer, which the RMT says includes a five per cent and four per cent pay rise over a two-year period with “thousands of job losses”, as well as a cut in scheduled maintenance tasks and an increase in unsocial hours.
Local Royal Mail staff will go on strike once more today as part of their
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Schools across Perth and Kinross will close for three days over the next week as teachers resume strike action over pay and conditions.
A Perth hotel that went up in flames on January 2, killing three people, was served with three health and safety warnings from the local council a fortnight before the fatal fire struck. The environmental health report claimed “guests do not feel safe within the hotel during the night”.
A think-tank has warned that families are facing a "groundhog year" as further squeezes on living standards look set to continue into 2023. The Resolution Foundation said that while there are signs inflation will ease and interest rates peak lower than feared, family finances face a repeat of 2022's cost of living challenges.
The UK Government recently announced a series of new cost of living payments to help millions of households across the country mitigate soaring inflation and ever-increasing energy bills. The new cost of living support package is worth £26 billion in 2023/24, in addition to benefits uprating, which is worth £11 billion to working age households and people with disabilities.
The Scottish Government is working towards delivering a new benefit that will start to replace Carer’s Allowance by the end of next year, with a full national rollout planned for Spring 2024, according to a new progress report on the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.
New analysis suggests that a German-style national drive to reduce UK energy use by turning off lights and lowering heating temperatures could save households £400 and save the Treasury £9 billion. The Social Market Foundation (SMF), a cross-party think-tank, is calling on the UK Government to follow Germany’s lead and launch an information campaign that provides practical tips on reducing household energy demand.
The ongoing cost of living crisis has made 2022 a challenging year for millions of households across Scotland. Soaring energy bills along with higher food and fuel prices brought about by record-breaking inflation means budgets are continually being pushed to breaking point.
Firefighters in Scotland have been urged to vote in favour of strike action which could see fire stations across the UK temporarily closed.
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Perth and Kinross Council’s SNP leader will write to Nicola Sturgeon “highlighting the massive real-terms cut to council funding” and its impact.
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The UK Government recently announced a series of new cost of living payments to help millions of households across the country mitigate soaring inflation and ever-increasing energy bills. The new cost of living support package is worth £26 billion in 2023-24, in addition to benefits uprating, which is worth £11 billion to working age households and people with disabilities.
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Some NHS Tayside health care staff could still organise strike action after the GMB union rejected an improved pay deal from the Scottish Government.
Members of the GMB union who work in the NHS in Scotland have rejected the Scottish Government's latest pay offer.