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Ride-hailing app Freenow offers drivers ‘breakthrough’ choice of employment status

Drivers on the minicab network will now be able to choose whether to become workers or remain self-employed

Evening Standard

‘Eyes on the prize’: union delegates dial down doubts about Keir Starmer

At likely final gathering of the TUC before next general election, focus was on chucking the Tories out of office

The Guardian - UK

Susanna Reid returns to GMB after health woes left her sounding like ‘Holly Willoughby with bronchitis’

Susanna Reid returned to Good Morning Britain on Tuesday after revealing vocal chord issues left her sounding like “Holly Willoughby with bronchitis.”

Evening Standard

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All Wilko shops to close with 9,100 job losses

PwC said that it had tried but failed to find someone to save part of the business

Evening Standard

All 400 Wilko stores to close by early October, says union

It means redundancies now look likely for all 12,500 staff at the historic high street chain.

The Independent UK

Full list of Wilko stores as GMB union says all will close early next month

GMB Union has said all 408 UK Wilko stores will close by next month resulting in more than 12,500 job losses after a rescue bid from HMV's Doug…

The National (Scotland)

GMB hosts Ranvir Singh and Ed Balls explain Susanna Reid’s ‘frustrating’ absence from Monday’s episode

Reid shared a message for viewers after being forced to step away

The Independent UK

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‘It’s going to cost billions’: UK councils face huge bills over equal pay claims

GMB union is supporting 3,000 claims in Birmingham – and is gathering evidence from 20 other councils

The Guardian - UK

Munitions depot staff providing missiles to Ukraine set for fresh strike

GMB Scotland members at the MoD’s Defence, Equipment & Support centre in Beith, North Ayrshire, will walk out on Monday for two weeks.

The Independent UK

Workers at UK plant that makes missiles for Ukraine to strike over pay

Nearly 50 GMB members at the Ayrshire weapons factory will stop work from Monday as union chiefs accuse MoD of holding talks ‘in bad faith’

The Guardian - UK

Strike by staff at Scottish schools called off but threat of walkouts remains

GMB members at 10 councils were due to walk out next Wednesday and Thursday.

The Independent UK

Call for talks to safeguard jobs amid ‘tough decisions’ at Birmingham council

The council does not have the money to pay off an equal pay liability, estimated to be more than £1 billion.

The Independent UK

Councils in England in crisis as Birmingham ‘declares itself bankrupt’

With Birmingham indicating it cannot balance its books, experts warn of others living ‘hand to mouth’

The Guardian - UK

More than 1,300 jobs to go as 52 Wilko stores shut down

Doomed branches to be named tomorrow as administrators try to save majority of jobs and shops

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Susanna Reid: I was expecting mammogram experience to be far, far worse

The GMB presenter had said how Sarah Ferguson’s breast cancer diagnosis had been a ‘wake-up call’ for her to make an appointment

The Guardian - UK

Meet Hilco, the firm behind the scenes at Wilko failure and other high street collapses

Restructuring specialist made its name through dealings with some of best-known British retailers

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Water staff set to strike amid pay and conditions dispute

Hundreds of Scottish Water staff have backed strike action amid claims the organisation attempted to force through changes to pay and conditions…

The Independent UK

Scottish Water staff vote to strike amid dispute over pay and conditions

Unions say the firm is trying to force through changes.

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The Independent UK

Threat of strike action over pay and conditions changes at Scottish Water

GMB Union members at Scottish Water have voted ‘overwhelmingly’ for strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions.

Evening Standard

Wilko job cuts to begin on Monday with support staff to be laid off after full rescue deal fails

Monday will be the last day of work for Wilko’s commercial trading team, IT, finance, Legal and HR. For those at distribution centres, redundancies will start next week

The Independent UK

Wilko pauses redundancies as administrators consider rescue bids, says union

The GMB union, which represents more than 3,000 of Wilko’s 12,500 staff, said it met with administrators on Tuesday morning.

Evening Standard

Wilko job cuts ‘suspended’ after union calls for urgent government talks

A spokesperson for the union said it was not yet clear how long the suspension might last

The Guardian - UK

Wilko: union seeks urgent meeting with business secretary over administrators

GMB asks Kemi Badenoch to ensure PwC considers all bids for collapsed retailer as 12,500 jobs are at stake

The Guardian - UK

HMV owner makes last-ditch bid to rescue Wilko

Proposal by Doug Putman could save 350 stores and 10,000 jobs as union calls for employees to be prioritised

The National (Scotland)

Majority of Wilko stores to close 'within weeks' - see all the stores at risk

The GMB Union has revealed the majority of Wilko stores will close "within weeks" - see the 408 sites currently in the UK that could be…

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