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Mary Glindon, North Tyneside MP.

Mary Glindon MP: Fair play on the buses

Commuters wait at a bus stop outside a branch of Barclays in London.

Barclays bank to axe 450 jobs across the business

London Gatwick Airport will be hit by eight days of strikes this summer - Credit: Adobe

Gatwick Airport to be hit by strikes for eight days of summer holidays

Unite the union said its members will no longer strike following an improved pay offer from the employers. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty images)

Unite calls off 31-day Heathrow Airport strike after last-minute offer

Heathrow Airport security officers are set to strike for 31 days in the latest wave of industrial action. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Heathrow Airport security officers to strike for 31 days this summer

Workers at the Coca Cola plant in Wakefield are set to go on strike for 14 days in June. (Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Coca Cola plant workers announce 14-day strike

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

Members of Unite have rejected the Government’s pay offer

Security officers at Heathrow airport are set to walk out for a further eight days over a pay dispute in May, Unite has announced. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Security officers at Heathrow airport to walk out for further 8 days

A sign indicating the start of the security queue during a strike by security workers at London Heathrow Airport in London, UK, on Friday, March 31, 2023. IAG SAs British Airways is set to scrap 320 flights during the Easter week as security workers strike for 10-days over pay. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

8 tips to get through security quicker despite airport strikes

British Airways will cancel around 32 flights per day to and from Heathrow over the Easter weekend (Photo: Getty Images)

Heathrow security staff start 10-day strike affecting Easter travels

Heathrow Airport has warned Easter holidaymakers as security staff at Terminal Five start 10 days of strike action

North Ronaldsay Lighthouse in the Orkney Islands is one of the 208 lighthouses operated by NLB.

Lighthouse workers vote for strike action in historic first

Passengers travelling from Heathrow Terminal 5 over Easter have been told to expect delays (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

British Airways cancel dozens of Easter flights amid strike action

Heathrow workers are to strike over Easter. Credit: Getty Images

Heathrow Airport Easter strike: Staff will walk out for 10 days

Drax Group Plc’s power station where workes have voted to go on strike.

UK homes ‘face power cuts’ due to strike action at major station

Ambulance strike dates 2023: Unite announce new strikes taking total to ten across England and Wales

Ambulance strike dates as Unite announce fresh action

Members of the GMB, Unite and Unison unions will take industrial action on Wednesday, December 21. Picture: North East Ambulance Service.

Patient advice from North East Ambulance Service ahead of strike

A group of fraudsters have been posing as ambulance staff and knocking on doors asking for financial support ahead of upcoming industrial action.

Fraudsters posing as ambulance staff seen asking for donations

This is what you need to know about the scheme from the Post Office (Photo: Shutterstock)

All 114 Post Office branches affected by strikes in July over pay row

The company will be closing a number of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Lloyds Banking Group to close 60 branches as customers continue to bank online

Government financial support towards Britishvolt's gigafactory plans have been welcomed.

Government funding for Britishvolt is welcomed by local groups

Unite the union has accused Tesco of offering a “derisory” pay increase to its members (image: PA)

Tesco staff strikes could lead to empty shelves this Christmas, union warns

Lloyds and Halifax to close 48 branches - full list of impacted stores

The UK is set to face a beer and crisp shortage due to a lack of delivery drivers and strike action (Shutterstock)

Why Britain could be set for a beer and crisps shortage

Unite members who work for Stadler, along with RMT members, have accepted a pay deal leading to the end of a dispute between employees and their bosses.

Pay deal leads to end of dispute between Metro maintenance workers and rail firm

Travel industry leaders said the limited opening up of foreign travel is still not sufficient enough (Photo: Getty Images)

Green list update ‘not enough’ to save summer - despite addition of 14 new count...

In the wake of their heroic efforts nurses are being offered a 1% pay rise (Getty Images)

Nurses are being offered a 1% pay rise - here's how much they are currently paid

Teacher virus jab call

Call to put over 2,000 teachers on virus jab priority list
More than 2,000 teachers in Northumberland could jump up the priority list for the coronavirus vaccine if the Government acts on union calls.

Easyjet is set to close its Newcastle Airport base as company cuts jobs because of coronavirus crisis.

Airline hub closure described as 'massive blow'

The legislation is expected to pass its first vote in Holyrood later today (25 Feb) (Photo: Shutterstock)

Sanitary products will soon be free for everyone in Scotland