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28 July 2020
The BBC has announced a package to support the earnings of over 600 freelancers who…
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28 July 2020
Deborah Land is a Senior Reserves Manager and Responsible Officer for Natural England, but is known…
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The National Theatre in London
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Philippa Childs, head of Bectu · 24 July 2020
We are approaching three weeks since a £1.57bn arts recovery package was announced by…
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Speakers at the Bectu/ExcludedUK webinar on Wed 22nd July 2020. Top, Philippa Childs and Sonali Joshi; below, Jamies Stone MP and Tracy Brabin MP
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24 July 2020
The government must  change tack and provide financial support for millions of…
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23 July 2020
Nuvia rep Penny Oliver talks about her branch and company’s outstanding approach to health and…
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Paul Middleton, a lighting director and chair of Bectu South Wales freelance branch
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Paul Middleton, lighting director · 23 July 2020
I started out as a child actor 56 years ago but became increasingly fascinated by…
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Stage door at the Theatre Royal in Brighton
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23 July 2020
Bectu has criticised the government’s appalling failure to act to save the arts, in…
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20 July 2020
“Myth-busting” and staying across changes to government guidance to stop the spread…
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20 July 2020
Ndala Mukanda, a Prospect rep in BT, explains how he became a rep, and what it’s been like for…
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Birmingham city centre, Getty Images photo
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17 July 2020
Bectu has joined the Musicians’ Union and Equity in calling for the West Midlands to…
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