Prospect news stories

Prospect today said it will seek early talks with Capita, the preferred bidder successfully selected to run the Fire Service College in Gloucestershire.

Plans to turn Jersey's harbours and airport into a States-owned company are being pursued at the expense of all other options, civil service union Prospect has warned.

Fears for the future of jobs in the shipbuilding and munitions parts of the company were raised today by Prospect, which represents 700 skilled engineers and other senior professionals at BAE Systems.

Proposals to turn Jersey's harbours and airport into a States-owned company do not provide members of the States with an opportunity for more detailed scrutiny at a later date, Jersey unions have warned.

The Government's boast that abolishing quangos "will save the taxpayer billions" is a false economy that will do the UK serious damage and is close to a national scandal, Prospect warned today.