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LEGAL action brought by three Civil Service unions against the government’s alleged failure to consult over a new pay cap will be heard in October.
The FDA, Prospect and PCS – representing 200,000 civil servants – announced earlier this month that they were seeking a judicial review of the government’s new 1.5 per cent pay cap.
By contrast, other public-sector workers, including teachers, doctors and police officers, were awarded pay increases of up to 3.5 per cent in July.
Wales reporter DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the political scene as budget rows take centre-stage and Welsh Labour gains a new leader
In part IV of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY tells how austerity minister Francis Maude’s attempt to destroy the PCS Civil Service union totally backfired
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors