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Culture secretary disappoints with lack of plan for theatres
17 June 2020
Commenting on Secretary of State Oliver Dowden’s comments at the daily press…
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The people who answer your 999 calls
17 June 2020
Prospect rep Michael Courtney is a manager at one of BT’s six 999 call centres. He talks about…
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Huge job losses predicted in creative industries in new COVID-19 impact report
16 June 2020
Widescale job losses and significant downturn in revenues in film, TV, theatre and live…
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ONS figures tip of the iceberg for self-employed and freelancers
16 June 2020
Figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed the urgent need for…
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We cannot continue to ignore this huge group of people who need government support now
15 June 2020
Philippa Childs, Head of Bectu, responding to the Treasury Select…
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Government must take urgent action to protect sectors at permanent risk from the downturn
12 June 2020
The ONS has today announced that monthly GDP in April fell by 20.4%, heralding a likely…
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Delfont Mackintosh redundancy plan highlights government creative industries failure
12 June 2020
Bectu has called on the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to end its…
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Learning from the COVID-19 calamity – join Bectu’s new deal conversation
Philippa Childs · 11 June 2020
Raw emotion. Those two words best describe the feelings of freelancers…
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Bectu welcomes new BBC director-general and raises concerns about freelancers
11 June 2020
Head of Bectu Philippa Childs has written to Tim Davie welcoming his appointment as…
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Bectu must be moral backbone of creative industries in fight against racism
Philippa Childs · 10 June 2020
George Floyd was his name and he was murdered on 25 May at the hands of the police.
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