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Major union as well as federal worker advocacy group condemn moves to fire probationary employees as thousands told to leaveThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will lose about 10% of its employees after the Trump administration ordered the firing of all hires still in their probationary period, the Associated Press reports.That amounts to about 1,300 employees, according to the AP, which reports the order was communicated verbally to staff by the health and human services department, which oversees the agency tasked with fighting diseases such as Covid-19. Here’s more:The Atlanta-based agency’s leadership was notified of the decision Friday morning.

Awkward WhatsApp revelations, binned bitcoin, musical heart, Godfather nostalgia and the happy over-50sCareer-death via “offensive WhatsApp group” is a modern iteration of a long-standing tradition of public figures being felled by loose talk. Where once it was Jane Austen being busted – albeit posthumously – for making bitchy remarks in a letter about her neighbour’s miscarriage, now we enjoy the spectacle of two Labour MPs and 11 Labour councillors being suspended for comments made in the WhatsApp group, Trigger Me Timbers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/14/digested-week-labour-politicians-loose-talk-part-of-long-standing-tradition Author : Emma Brockes Publish date : 2025-02-14 12:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content

The science secretary said the government would assess ‘any changes and challenges’ to the global economy caused by the US administrationFriday is the day that political parties tend to get excited about local byelection results, or neglect to mention the election happened at all if it didn’t go their way.Across the evening and into today the Britain Elects social media account has recorded a hold for the Liberal Democrats in Manor (Stevenage), a hold for Labour in Burnt Oak (Barnet), a gain for Reform UK from Labour in Trevethin and Penygarn (Torfaen) and a gain for the Green Party of