Hundreds of people have been signing petitions in support of fitness instructors in East Riding leisure centres who face a large pay cut in July.
Staff working for Kirklees Council are considering strike action because the local authority is planning to make hundreds of redundancies as part of a controversial package of cost-cutting measures designed to stave off bankruptcy.
Every pound invested in UK manufacturing helps to shore up an economy which has been buffeted by violent headwinds over the last decade.
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