City & Guilds faces legal and industrial action over plans to cut hundreds of jobs

New crisis at former vocational charity involves alleged withholding of data and breaching redundancy laws

City & Guilds is facing potential legal and industrial action over claims it has been “dishonest” over plans to shed about 400 UK staff.

Officials at the Unite union allege the owner of the training and qualifications body has been “unlawfully withholding key information during transfer consultations”, while also “advertising for new recruits when it is legally required to give staff at risk of redundancy first refusal”.