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Third of working parents leave jobs over lack of flexibility

Companies warned that rolling back on flexible working is harming parents – and means businesses are missing out on talent

The Independent UK

Third of parents forced to quit a job due to lack of flexible working

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One in three parents has left a job due to ‘outdated’ lack of flexible working

A lack of flexible working arrangements is forcing parents out of employment, according to new research from the TUC

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Workers need greater say over AI rollout, says TUC-backed report

Exclusive: IPPR thinktank calls for new measures to boost employees’ influence at ‘pivotal moment’ in history

The Guardian - UK

Labour faces union backlash after minister says living wage extension to over-18s not certain before election – as it happened

Torsten Bell says Labour manifesto ‘did not set out the timeline’ for changes to living wage after scale of youth unemployment crisis revealed in Milburn report

The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged to press ahead with UK ban on zero-hours contracts

Campaigners reject claims that tougher rules will deter hiring and lock young people out of labour market

The Guardian - UK

Next boss warns over ‘dramatic fall’ in UK entry-level jobs

Peer’s comments come as Milburn report is likely to find government has failed to tackle youth unemployment

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TUC chief ‘angry’ at Labour errors but warns party not to become ‘fatalistic’ over Reform threat

General secretary of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) said there is an ‘overwhelming sense of frustration’ from trade unions at the prime minister’s government

The Independent UK

TUC leader ‘angry’ at state of Labour but says it can recover to win next election

Exclusive: Paul Nowak recognises frustration with Keir Starmer’s government but urges party not to be fatalistic

The Guardian - UK

Why the weather was on no one’s side in general strike of 1926

A warm spell mitigated some of the effects of the strike but colder weather would have taken their own toll

The Guardian - UK

Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges

Unions group wants rate returned from 3% to 8% after big four UK lenders reveal £14bn total profit in first quarter

The Guardian - UK

Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

Exclusive: Union body finds workers describing themselves as ‘gambling’ because wages felt like the outcome of chance rather than work

The Guardian - UK

Black and ethnic minority employees facing ‘appalling’ levels of racism in the workplace

The TUC said its study revealed a “shocking increase” in explicit racism at work over the past six years

The Independent UK

Unions demand stronger protections as survey finds alarming workplace abuse

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Alan Slingsby obituary

Other lives: Journalist and ‘designer to the labour movement’ who worked for many trade union publications

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Sick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6m UK workers, TUC says

Union says new entitlements, part of Employment Rights Act 2025, will help lower-income households

The Guardian - UK

Young people ‘more likely to leave for health reasons when in low-paid, insecure jobs’

Research for TUC analyses link between job quality and economic inactivity, as UK youth unemployment rises

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New Employment Rights Act ‘a huge boost for women in the workplace’

Government says new rights for parental leave and sick pay will increase equality and economic growth

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Apprentice star Baroness Brady calls for faster action to close gender pay gap

The difference between what men and women are paid last year stood at 6.9%.

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England should cut rates to boost consumer spending, says TUC

Union analysis finds consumers lag behind international peers as some rate-setters remain anxious about inflation

The Guardian - UK

UK’s gender pay gap ‘won’t close for 30 years’ at current rates

Trades Union Congress says women have worked a month and a half for nothing this year and legislation is needed

The Independent UK

Women losing £2,548 a year to pay gap, TUC says

Women have effectively been working for free for the first month and a half of the year compared to men, says the TUC General Secretary

The Guardian - UK

Urban Outfitters, Dreams and Royal Parks cafes criticised for use of gig economy app

TUC urges ministers to bring forward changes to protect workers amid concerns over apps such as Temper

The Guardian - UK

The Battle of Wapping begins – archive, January 1986

On 24 January 1986, nearly 6,000 newspaper workers at Rupert Murdoch’s News International went on strike over plans to move print operations from Fleet Street to east London

The Independent UK

How ‘pervasive culture of mistreatment’ is causing pregnant women to leave their jobs

One in seven women with children or who are expecting have either left or felt compelled to leave their employment, TUC said

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