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Almost 900,000 public sector staff see above-inflation pay rise

Date:

21 July 2020

Nearly 900,000 public sector workers including teachers, doctors, police and prison officers will see their pay increase by up to 3.1%.
Boris Johnson scraps Immigration Health Surcharge in major u-turn

Date:

21 May 2020

In an unexpected policy switch the government this afternoon exempted overseas NHS staff and care workers from paying a surcharge to use the health service.
Leave to remain extended to families of deceased care workers

Date:

21 May 2020

The government has stated that non-EEA family members of any NHS, healthcare or social care worker who has died as a result of coronavirus, will receive immediate indefinite leave to remain, free of charge.
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.
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.

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