havejust announced that and the health union unison. unison have just announced that paramedics in five regions in england will be walking out and that could be before christmas. distracts work? earlier this week bt announced a 15% pay increase its lowest paid workers and thatis increase its lowest paid workers and that is following a strike by bt open which employees. barristers also called off a strike following a 15% pay increase. the government says the number one economic priority is to combat inflation so they are urging pay restraint. it is a difficult time ahead for the government and for private sector employers. hsbc has said it will close 114 bank branches across the uk from april next year. it said the decision was driven by a significant fall in the number of people using them since the pandemic. our business correspondent caroline davies is here.
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north east and yorkshire be balloted. another health union unison says it intends to hold similar votes. a ballot in scotland has already got under way. as you hearing, the royal college of nursing as well talking about balloting and strike action. the home office has suspended an immigration official after a bbc newsnight investigation revealed he d been posting racist content on the messaging site whatsapp. rob lewis, a former metropolitan police officer, is understood to have created the group, which also includes other former officers. the whatsapp group was active until the start of this week, with discriminatory material being shared. newsnight s uk editor, sima kotecha, reports. a whatsapp group with several former metropolitan police officers on it. the content is vile racist, misogynistic, homophobic, pornographic. it s so offensive we have chosen not to show it. this one is horrific.