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Engineering work on First Great Western route severly over-ran
MPs slam new year rail delays

Delays and cancellations across the rail network were “unacceptable” and a “fiasco,” MPs said last night. In a House of Commons debate, MPs criticised the overrunning engineering work on the West Coast Mainline and at Liverpool Street Station, London, both of which caused significant disruption to commuters returning from the Christmas break. However, a Conservative… Read more »

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Too few employers committed to equal pay, public services union Unison claims
Equal pay commitment attacked

Public services union Unison says too many public sector employers view the Equal Pay Act as a “take-it-or-leave-it bit of legislation”. Unison has lodged 33,000 equal pay claims to begin its 2008 campaign against the gender pay gap. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed a 17 per cent gap in pay between… Read more »