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Could you be affected by the decision not to change State Pension Age?
Neil Walsh · 17 April 2023
Prospect pensions officer Neil Walsh looks at the government’s recent review of the State…
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Launching the Tech Workers’ Charter in Scotland
Maria Torres-Quevedo · 6 April 2023
In March Prospect launched it’s new Tech Workers’ Charter. I started the launch by…
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Why I’m striking: Sarah Taylor, HSE
Sarah Taylor, HSE · 15 March 2023
A lack of resources and low pay has driven scores of experienced inspectors to leave the…
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Why our public services members are striking on Budget Day
14 March 2023
On the day that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers his Budget, thousands of Prospect members…
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More work needs to be done to tackle the gender pension gap
Sue Ferns · 8 March 2023
Today we are marking International Women’s Day in 2023 by returning to an issue we have…
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Why we’re striking: heritage workers are public servants too
Ben Middleton · 3 March 2023
The dozens of civil service and public sector branches who have voted to take strike action…
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Could you be affected by an increase in State Pension Age?
Neil Walsh · 21 February 2023
Following recent speculation in the press (see here or here) about a possible future…
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Do the numbers behind the government’s Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund add up?
Warwick Mansell · 14 February 2023
Education journalist Warwick Mansell takes a deep dive into the numbers behind the…
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Public sector ballots: Why we have no choice left but to vote for action
Mike Clancy · 27 January 2023
The government’s intransigence on public sector pay, their ideological obsession with…
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Digital technology is changing how we work, we need new rights to match it
Andrew Pakes, Research Director · 20 January 2023
As remote working became common during the pandemic, there was an explosion of new digital…
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