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Scotland

Glasgow to sack and rehire 23,000 council staff. Will unions strike before January?

Glasgow City Council plans to fire and rehire more than 23,000 staff, meaning dismissing them and taking them back on new contracts from 1 January.

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Northern Ireland business

Glens of Antrim Potatoes shuts with 95 staff. Will part of it sell within a month?

Glens of Antrim Potatoes, a County Antrim food firm with 95 staff, stopped trading on 21 September. Most of its workers lost their jobs.

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Northern Ireland education

Northern Ireland teachers begin a work-to-rule. Past ones lasted over a month.

All five teaching unions in Northern Ireland will stop unpaid extra work from Monday 28 September, in a dispute over how much work teachers do.

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Scotland councils

Scotland plans to merge its councils. Will a public consultation open this year?

The Scottish government has published a plan to replace Scotland's 32 councils with six to ten regional authorities and 120 to 160 community bodies.

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UK asylum

Village votes on leaving UK over a site for 1,256 asylum seekers. Will anyone sue?

Piddington, 400 people near Bicester, voted on 15 September on leaving the UK. It protests a Home Office plan for 1,256 male asylum seekers next door.

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UK devolution

Cornwall is offered powers with no mayor. No such deal has let an area raise money.

The Prime Minister told the Commons on 1 September that work has begun with Cornwall Council on a deal to hand it powers. It need not have a mayor.

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Scotland tax

Scotland promises new council tax bands for costly homes. Most past plans stalled.

The Scottish Government's programme names a Council Tax (Scotland) Bill to bring in new tax bands for high-value homes by 1 April 2028.

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Scotland food prices

Scotland plans legal food price caps. Few laws that hit UK limits survived intact.

The Scottish Government has opened a consultation on legal price caps for basic foods and named a Food Prices (Scotland) Bill to bring them in.

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Scotland health

Scotland plans to merge its 14 health boards into 2. Most past mergers became law.

The Scottish Government's programme, published on 1 September, promises to replace Scotland's 14 regional health boards with 2 strategic boards.

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Wales budget

Wales's minority government needs votes for a £27bn budget. Recent deals came late.

Wales's First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth said talks with all opposition parties have begun. Next year's budget will be smaller after inflation.

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Wales health

Wales puts £145m into its longest NHS waits. Such cash often came before a fall.

The Welsh Government set out on 2 September how £145m will end 2-year NHS waits. Health boards get paid only when they show treatments were done.

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Scotland visas

Scotland asks the UK for three visas of its own. Every request since 2018 failed.

The Scottish Government published proposals on 29 August for a Scottish Visa, a Rural Visa and a Scottish Graduate Visa.

Scotland independence

Scotland drafts an independence vote Bill. The UK refused its last three requests.

The Scottish Government published a draft Independence Referendum Bill on 28 August. It can only go ahead once the UK Government transfers the power.

UK housing

Ministers put £9.58bn into 73,600 homes. Can social rent pass 13,000 a year again?

The first wave of the £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme gives £9.58 billion for around 73,600 homes across England outside London.

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Northern Ireland jobs

Northern Ireland unemployment is 1.96%. Such lows usually lasted a month.

The latest Labour Force Survey puts Northern Ireland unemployment at 1.96 per cent. 40.7 per cent of adults are neither working nor looking for work.

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