Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said reacting to today’s Autumn Budget: “This Budget was always going to be difficult, and ...

Given the difficult economic problems that this government has inherited, some tough choices needed to be made and many of us will be asked to pay more, but the Chancellor has got it fundamentally ...

Union Week takes place in November each year (this year it’s 18-24 November 2025) and is our big annual recruitment month, where branches run events, aimed at significantly increasing our membership.

A new report based on a Bectu poll of more than 4,000 UK film and TV workers lays bare the shocking work drought and wider crisis facing the sector, and shows that the industry’s freelance workforce ...

A year on from the SAG-AFTRA industrial action in the US and the subsequent halt in UK film and TV production, more than half (52%) of the UK’s film and TV workforce are still out of work. Bectu, the ...

Anti-social behaviour in UK theatres has reached a tipping point. Our recent survey uncovered the shocking extent of anti-social audience behaviour in theatrical venues across the country. From West ...

A new survey from UK film and TV union Bectu lays bare the effect of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA industrial disputes in the US on the UK’s film and TV workforce. Nearly 4000 freelance film and TV workers ...

Among the interventions announced are a commitment for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to appoint a ‘freelance champion’. Bectu has been campaigning for such an appointment to act as a ...

The Pact/Bectu TV Drama Agreement sets out terms and conditions and best working practices for Pact’s drama company member base in areas such as hours, rest breaks, travel time and dealing with ...

A new survey from Bectu outlines low pay, long hours and poor work-life balance as key issues driving the continued skills shortage plaguing the UK’s theatre sector. The sector was one of the worst ...

A new survey from theatre union Bectu has uncovered the extent of anti-social behaviour from theatre audiences, with many respondents agreeing it has worsened and become more extreme in nature ...