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Most public sector workers are modestly paid. Their pay has been frozen while the price of basics is shooting up. Now they are expected to pay an extra £3 billion a year for much worse pensions, by a government that cancelled the banker’s bonus tax that raised almost the same.

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Please consider signing the petition on the link against the NHS reforms.

Which way will they vote? This Wednesday the House of Lords makes a choice. They could wave through the government’s dangerous NHS plans. Or they could insist on proper scrutiny and big changes to protect our health service.

The press say it's on a knife edge. It could come down to one or two votes. [1] Together we can help tip the balance. If we can prove that the public wants Lansley’s plans put under the microscope, we can convince wavering Lords and Baronesses to stand up to the government and vote the right way.

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UNISON, the UK’s largest union, today announced the start of the biggest ballot in UK history, in a trade dispute over government ministers’ plans to make detrimental changes to local government and NHS pensions.

The union has given the go-ahead to Electoral Reform Service to begin posting ballot papers out to 1.1 million members. The union is urging members to vote yes and join the public service strike on November 30th.

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Medical negligence surrounding the death of a seven-year-old girl has been kept secret from her family by the NHS for more than three years.

At least 95 Paramedics have been 'struck off' since 2005.

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A new page has been created to keep members up to date on the current campaign to save our pensions. Click the icon below to visit the page or click on 'pensions' on the front page of the site.