Forum Brief: Healthcare training
Policy Consultation 6 March 2002
Unison, the public sector union, has called for more training for nurses and other health workers to spot signs of harmful drinking levels.
Forum Brief: Pensions report
Policy Consultation 6 March 2002
The Institute of Public Policy Research has today called for the restoration of the state pension link with average earnings, saying that this should be partly funded by a rise
Forum Brief: Pensions
Policy Consultation 5 March 2002
The government has sought to rebut a call for the restoration of the earnings link for the basic state benefit and raising the retirement age to 67.
Forum Brief: Local government pay
Policy Consultation 5 March 2002
Pay talks involving 1.2 million council workers have broken down. Union leaders have rejected the three per cent pay offer and warned of a ballot for industrial action among local
Forum Brief: Public services
Policy Consultation 1 March 2002
A warning letter to key government ministers - signed by Digby Jones, the head of the CBI and 17 big contracting firms - says Labour's public services programme will not
Forum Brief: Public service reform
Policy Consultation 27 February 2002
The head of the CBI has today urged the government not to raise taxes without delivering reform of Britain's public services.Director-general Digby Jones made the plea in a speech to
Forum Brief: Pensions
Policy Consultation 27 February 2002
Gordon Brown is facing calls to reform the UK's pension system after many companies have moved to replace pensions linked to pay with cheaper schemes based on contributions.
Forum Brief: Blair and public services
Policy Consultation 21 February 2002
Public sector workers have joined forced to warn the prime minister that constant criticism is undermining staff morale.
Forum Brief: Student debt
Policy Consultation 20 February 2002
The National Union of Students has angered department of education officials by arguing that "students are better off on benefits".
Forum Brief: NHS seminar
Policy Consultation 19 February 2002
Health secretary, Alan Milburn, joined a panel including Unison's general secretary Dave Prentis, and an audience of leading health professionals at St Thomas's Hospital to discuss NHS reform. The
Forum Brief: Transco job cuts
Policy Consultation 15 February 2002
Unison has warned Transco, the gas transmission company, that it would ballot its members for strike action over safety and compulsory job cuts.
Forum Brief: European unions
Policy Consultation 14 February 2002
European public service unions, representing over 40 million people, have today pledged to back Unison's campaign on the role of the private sector in delivering public services.
Forum Brief: NHS recruitment drive
Policy Consultation 13 February 2002
The prime minister told a conference of NHS Trust and Primary Care Trust chief executives today that the NHS must become a "world class employer" if patients are to receive
Forum Brief: NHS PFI announcement
Policy Consultation 12 February 2002
Private finance initiative schemes raising more than £1.1 billion for the building of new hospitals have been unveiled by the government.
Forum Brief: NHS announcement
Policy Consultation 11 February 2002
Four hospital trusts face having their management franchised to other hospitals, after the government said they had not done enough to improve services since receiving a "no star" rating in
