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Food laid out in crates at a food bank in north London
Cabinet Office sets out plan for bringing services like cleaning and security back in-house
FOOD WORKERS in Scotland have been abandoned by their employer and left to use foodbanks to survive after the company collapsed, their union said today.
The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) called for action by the Scottish government to help 200 workers made redundant at the Dawnfresh factory at Uddingston, outside Glasgow.
The union said that the victims included a father of two children who has leukaemia.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
