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It’s vital that increased defence spending drives jobs and growth in the UK, as well as sovereign capability
23 April 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the government will increase defence spending…
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STUC Organising Award winners: Breathing new life into Rosyth Royal Dockyard
22 April 2024
Two Prospect reps from Rosyth Royal Dockyard, Daniel Connolly and David Foote, have been…
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Dounreay is the site of several nuclear research establishments located on the north coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. The site is used by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment) and the British Ministry of Defence (Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment) The site has five nuclear reactors, three owned and operated by the UKAEA and two by the British Ministry of Defence.
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Prospect members at Dounreay to take industrial action for first time in a generation
15 April 2024
Prospect members at Dounreay have voted to take industrial action over pay, starting with…
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Royal Navy carriers at HM Naval Base Portsmouth
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All parties should match Starmer’s defence procurement pledge
12 April 2024
Prospect has responded to the commitment by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to spend more…
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New visa rules ‘most significant changes since Brexit’
4 April 2024
The government’s changes to rules on migration and visa income thresholds, which is…
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Houses of Parliament
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MP arrest highlights again that the current system for excluding MPs from Parliament is not fit for purpose
29 March 2024
Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP has been arrested…
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We need a fully thought through and funded plan for skills across the nuclear sector
25 March 2024
The government is to set out a plan for supporting skills in the civil and defence nuclear…
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Failure on pay is leaving the public sector weaker as skilled and experienced workers leave
22 March 2024
The Commons Public Accounts Committee has published a report on Civil Service pay,…
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Mike Clancy speaking at an Institute for Government panel event
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Restore collective bargaining and industrial relations capabilities to solve public sector disputes 
22 March 2024
General Secretary Mike Clancy has called for the next government to restore collective…
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Houses of Parliament
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Changing the threshold for excluding MPs from Parliament to Charge not Arrest would be a massive retrograde step
18 March 2024
Parliament was due to hold a vote on plans to exclude from the Palace of Westminster MPs…
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