RSPCA staff are threatening to strike, accusing bosses of bullying them into signing tough new contracts after the charity went into debt. The Unite union, which represents 700 of the 1,795 workers, called a ballot claiming that workers had been reduced to tears. The RSPCA has been plagued in recent years by concerns about over-zealous prosecutions, breaches of donors’ data protection and weak governance. Donations fell from £42.7 million in 2016 to £41.9 million in 2017 and to £41.2 million in 2018. A deficit of £6.9 million in 2018, compared with a £24.8 million surplus the previous year, was caused

Source: The Times January 29, 2020 12:45 UTC