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• Local government pay: UNISON to ballot members on strike action

  21-07-2024 22:29
  
  UNISON will ballot its members on taking strike action over this year’s local government pay offer for 2024-25.
  The decision follows members’ overwhelming rejection of the proposal  in a consultative ballot that concluded last month.
  Employers have offered council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland a rise of £1,290 or 2.5% – whichever is higher – with slightly higher increases for workers in London.
  They described this as their “full and final&r
  
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• UK parents should check under-18s’ phones for nude photos, says police chief

  21-07-2024 11:50
  
  Head of child protection says intimate images should be reported to tackle ‘tidal wave’ of online sexual abuseParents of under-18s should be monitoring their children’s phones for nude pictures, according to the police chief for child protection, in order to tackle a “tidal wave” of online sexual abuse cases.The new lead for child abuse investigations at the National Police Chiefs’ Council, assistant chief constable Becky Riggs, told the Sunday Times parents n
  
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