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What we’ve learned about mental health during lockdown
Simon Blake · 5 May 2020
As we enter week six of lockdown it has been encouraging to see just how much focus there…
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The transition from lockdown: process and confidence – our role in both
Mike Clancy · 4 May 2020
As the UK now contemplates how we transition from lockdown, the lessons of the last few…
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Winning for members in a challenging time
Mike Clancy · 1 May 2020
I write this piece on International Workers’ Day – when we commemorate the contribution…
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Answering your questions on Just Transition
Richard Hardy · 1 May 2020
Richard Hardy, Prospect national secretary for Scotland, and a member of Scotland’s…
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IWMD20: Unions are vital for future workplace safety
Mike Clancy · 24 April 2020
We will never forget 2020. Not just for the way the virus turned our lives upside down and…
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6 challenges for the future of good work: is coronavirus the crisis that reminded us we are human?
Andrew Pakes · 21 April 2020
COVID-19 is rewriting the rules on the limits of government, on the shape of the  economy,…
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Unions and Scottish Government set the bar on joint working
Richard Hardy · 16 April 2020
Prospect negotiator Richard Hardy’s latest update on the union’s political work in…
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Treasury must think creatively to protect freelancers from COVID-19 disaster
Philippa Childs · 12 April 2020
When I took over as head of Bectu 18 months ago I couldn’t have imagined that the…
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COVID-19 and the value of pensions
Stewart Mott · 3 April 2020
This is a concerning time for a variety of reasons, from concern about the health of…
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Our members’ tips for working from home with children
Boc Ly · 3 April 2020
The coronavirus crisis is giving many people their first taste of working from home for an…
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