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Frontline health workers granted visa extension

Date:: 1 April 2020

Home secretary Priti Patel has announced that frontline NHS workers whose visas are due to expire before 1 October will be granted free automatic extensions to allow them to remain in the country and support the coronavirus effort.

Met Police asks retired officers to return

Date:: 30 March 2020

The Metropolitan Police Service is calling on retired officers to return to duty and urging those nearing retirement to stay on.

Budget 2020: Seven things employers may have missed

Date:: 12 March 2020

Given the covid-19 coronavirus has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget announcement yesterday was rightly focused on the how the Government would support employers and workers as the UK attempts to contain the spread of the virus.

Black police representation has barely increased in 11 years

Date:: 29 January 2020

Police forces in England and Wales have succeeded in attracting more women and people from Asian backgrounds but are failing to attract people from other ethnic groups, especially in police officer roles.

Consultation into NHS pensions flexibility launched

Date:: 12 September 2019

A new consultation into NHS pension changes designed to enable senior clinicians to work additional shifts without facing prohibitive tax bills has been launched.

Banks need to transfer more staff to EU for no-deal Brexit

Date:: 15 August 2019

Banks need to "step up" their plans for the UK leaving the EU without a deal, the European Central Bank has warned, adding that more staff and resources should be moved in preparation.

Government admits defeat in police pensions legal battle

Date:: 6 August 2019

The government has conceded defeat over its attempt to alter police pensions in 2015, acknowledging that moving police officers to new police pension schemes, based on their age, is discriminatory.

Government promises better wellbeing support for frontline police officers

Date:: 11 July 2019

The government has announced plans to improve wellbeing for frontline police after publishing a review that shows officers to be under huge mental and physical strain.

Boris Johnson pledges to 'fix' pension tax allowance rules

Date:: 10 July 2019

Tory leadership front runner Boris Johnson has vowed to "fix" the pension rules that have led to NHS consultants finding they are better off if they work fewer hours.

Junior doctors' pay to increase after accepting new contract

Date:: 27 June 2019

NHS junior doctors have accepted a deal which will see annual pay increases of 2% for four years, ending the four-year long dispute that saw mass walkouts.

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