- — the nhs dispute. 0k, many thanks, zoe conway.k, many thanks, zoe conway. taking us _ the nhs dispute. 0k, many thanks, zoe conway. taking us through - the nhs dispute. 0k, many thanks, l zoe conway. taking us through some of the possible ramifications of what has been announced today. live to westminster and our political editor, chris mason. to pursue that conversation, obviously deals like today's involve compromise so i'm wondering what is your reading and where has the main compromise been? i your reading and where has the main compromise been?— your reading and where has the main compromise been? i think the reality of any negotiation _ compromise been? i think the reality of any negotiation is _ compromise been? i think the reality of any negotiation is to _ compromise been? i think the reality of any negotiation is to get _ compromise been? i think the reality of any negotiation is to get to - compromise been? i think the reality of any negotiation is to get to an - of any negotiation is to get to an agreement you have to

i can tell you that if we can get zoe conway on set because we can get zoe conway on set because we haveking news in the last hour that has been quite important and it's all about the nhs strikes and we had we had a lot of speculation that there might be an agreement coming and we have some information on that. we know that there has been alsojunior doctors going on strike in a three—day rolling strike, we don't know if it's part of this but we've had very key problem with nursing staff and with paramedics and all of that has caused immense amounts of disruption to the nhs and it comes across a very difficult economic backdrop. there has been a lot of public support for the nhs and staff going on strike. zoe conway has managed to come into the studio and is all wired up. just bringing up to date with what you know. we wired up. just bringing up to date with what you know.— wired up. just bringing up to date with what you know. we are looking now like this — with what you know. we are looking now like this is _ with what you know. we are looking now like this is close _ with what you know

zoe conway, very interesting, _ dispute. zoe conway, very interesting, thank - dispute.g, thank you, . dispute. zoe conway, very| interesting, thank you, our employment correspondence. live to westminster and our political editor chris mason. when you look at the deal we are talking about today, and you look at the terms of that, where do you think the compromise has been most, is it on the government's side, the employer is' side or the side of staff? i employer is' side or the side of staff? ~' ., , , employer is' side or the side of staff? ~' . , , ., employer is' side or the side of staff? ~' . , , . . staff? i think there has been a fair dollo of staff? i think there has been a fair dollop of compromise _ staff? i think there has been a fair dollop of compromise on - staff? i think there has been a fair dollop of compromise on all - staff? i think there has been a fair| dollop of compromise on all sides. the government were originally saying there was no chance they would reopen pay settlements for this financial year. now they are accepting there will be this one—o

calls a significant impact on the delivery of passports this summer. 0ur employment correspondent, zoe conwaye in london. zoe, how much disruption could this cause? well, passport office staff are planning to walk out for six days a week. that's monday to saturday, for five weeks. that starts at the beginning of april. there are 1900 people whosejob it beginning of april. there are 1900 people whose job it is to examine people's passports, and the civil service union says that 1300 of them are members of the union. i should add another 75joined the union today. so this does look like it could be very disruptive. however, the home office is saying it is working on comprehensive contingency plans, and it is saying that people should still expect it to take up to ten weeks for their passports to be processed. now, cut talks between the government and the union avert all of this? possibly. but right now, there are no talks under way. teachers' strikes in england have been put on hold for a fortnight so there can be new talks to end their dispute over pay and conditions. education unions are meeti

our employment correspondent zoe conway is with me: thank you, jane.passport applications. the pcs union says more than 1,500 of them could go on strike — 200 of them joined the union today. they'll be striking for six days a week for five weeks starting on april 3rd at offices across the uk. the dispute is mostly about pay — the government has given civil servants a 2—3% rise this year — the pcs civil service union says it should be more like 10%. the union says it has a multi—million—pound fund to pay striking workers their wages throughout the five weeks. i would rather not have a single day of action and the government's got two weeks before the passport offices come out on strike. and the question i'd like them to answer is why have they had talks with the health unions and reached a settlement? why are they having talks with the education unions but they refuse to have talks with their own workforce? the people they rely on to deliver every— the people they rely on to deliver every single aspect of the budget jeremy— every single aspect of the bu

our employment correspondent, zoe conway, explains a little more about where things stand.r membership because the unions will need to vote for this. what i understand is on the table at the moment is that there is going to be in a significant one—off payment for this financial year. more than £1000, looking at more than that of the some people in some pay bands within the nhs and for the next financial year which starts next month, we are looking at something between, i'm told, 3—3.5% as a pay rise, properly closer to 5% is my understanding. is this what the unions were asking for? they were asking for 10%. if you tot up what i think this deal is looking like for this year, then you are roughly talking about 10% for 2022—2023. this isjust a one—off payment that doesn't recur. why 5% for 23-2a? i think the government's position is, although inflation is 10% at the moment, by the end of the year, they are expecting it to be down to around 3%, roughly 5% is the average inflation for that year, i think that's how they're going to justify it. the key question is going to be bac

our employment correspondent zoe conway has all the details.s up and down the country — we know it's a shared responsibility but most of the data on this issue refers to women. official statistics show that 1.5 million women don't work due to caring and another study estimates that 1.7m women can't take on more hours of paid work due to childcare costs. and the economy is the loser in all of this — with one estimate that if women were offered affordable childcare, they would generate an extra £27 billion for the uk economy per year. the government has actually increased investment in childcare over the last decade. in 2010 to 2011 total spending on childcare in england was £2 billion — by last year it had doubled to £4 billion. but what's it being spent on? most parents can access a tax—free childcare scheme saving 20% on costs — and from three years old, parents can get 15—30 hours of free childcare a week — depending on the hours they work and their income. some two—year—olds can also qualify for free hours. funding is slightly different in n

i�*m joined now by our employment correspondent zoe conway.pecting this to _ passports? the union are saying that they are expecting this to have i passports? the union are saying that they are expecting this to have a i they are expecting this to have a big impact. they say that there aren�*t 1000 900 passport office workers and 1300 of them are members of the union. so you can expect them to be part of this action. they have also told me today that 75 members of staff joined the also told me today that 75 members of staffjoined the union since this morning so that number could grow over the coming days. they also say that the home office has been caught on the hot by this. they think the home office wasn�*t ready for this to be an else. i have spoken to the home office, i think we are going to find out, as the day progresses, what those contingency plans might look like, is it about moving other civil servants from other departments over to help? because we are talking about a strike for five weeks monday— saturday. what happen with the bord