CWU North West Region has supported the RMT’s fight over the imposition of Driver Only Trains from the outset, not only at national level but also on Merseyside where the dispute with Merseyrail has been going on now ever since the board of Merseyrail decided they were going to cut both safety to it’s passengers […]
Posted: 1st February 2018
Wirral West MP Margaret Greenwood has called for full public and parliamentary scrutiny of the introduction of Accountable Care Organisations to run NHS and social care services. Margaret Greenwood spoke out in Parliament about government plans to bring in major changes to how health and social care is delivered at local level. In a debate […]
Posted: 1st February 2018
Transformation Of NHS Into American Healthcare System To Be Challenged In Court Updated 7th February As previously reported by this website, the government intends to turn the NHS into an American system of healthcare from April this year by using their Accountable Care Organisation system which will allow for the setting up of a two […]
Posted: 1st February 2018
As Farage Backs A Second EU Referendum Poll Reveals Brexit Vote Would Be Reversed No sooner than Nigel Farage stuns Brexiteers with a call for a second EU Referendum vote, than an opinion poll commissioned by The Daily Mirror finds that the decision to leave the EU taken in June 2016; would be reversed if […]
Posted: 1st February 2018
The level of vitriol has been quite palpable as over 20,000 people so far have signed a petition calling for the sacking of Esther McVey after her controversial appointment as Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions, yesterday. As reported yesterday, the decision by Theresa May to promote a previous minister who […]
Posted: 1st February 2018
The pure shock and horror at the news that one of the most callous Tory MPs returns to the Department of Works and Pensions(DWP), quickly turns to outrage as Esther McVey is handed the overall control of the DWP as Secretary of State! As the ‘sidekick’ to Ian Duncan Smith as minister of Employment, she […]
Posted: 1st February 2018
BT Pensions Campaign News Updates This page will bring you the latest on the CWU’s defence of your BT Pension scheme and will include videos, some short, some more lengthy; given the complications involved. Ballot Results Yes % No % Spoilt % Pay 2018/2019 78.6 20.8 0.6 BTPS Changes 58.2 41.6 0.2 BTRSS Changes 81.2 […]
Posted: 1st February 2018
The CWU NW Regional Committee schedules it’s meetings in advance and has just published the dates of their meetings and those of the sub-committees for 2018/19:
Posted: 1st February 2018
BT Pensions Campaign News Updates This page will bring you the latest on the CWU’s defence of your BT Pension scheme and will include videos, some short, some more lengthy; given the complications involved. Ballot Results Yes % No % Spoilt % Pay 2018/2019 78.6 20.8 0.6 BTPS Changes 58.2 41.6 0.2 BTRSS Changes 81.2 […]
Posted: 1st February 2018
Wife Of Medical Director of Virgin Care To Now Run The NHS? This morning’s (7th January) edition of The Mirror leads with the leaking of a decision which will have even more profound and detromental consequences for our NHS. Following the spiraling deficit in the NHS budget, and the slashing of the numbers of GPs, […]
Posted: 1st February 2018