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THE former head of the Civil Service offered yesterday to give a public rendition of God Save the Queen if Tory ministers dropped plans to curb trade union funding.
Sir Bob Kerslake, who is now a crossbench peer, made the unorthodox suggestion in a Lords debate over the Trade Union Bill.
The Bill includes the end of check-off, which allows public-sector workers to have their union fees deducted directly from their wages.
The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
Behind the cute names of Scotland’s road gritters lies a workforce underpaid and overlooked – a fitting reflection of a Budget that protected profits, bungled its rollout and offered hardly a glimmer of hope, writes MATT KERR
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
Mental health fears push Peers to change law on IPP torture sentences, reports Charley Allan