Workers to be given twice as long to strike under Government proposals Under existing legislation, if workers vote to strike, the mandate expires after six months and another poll must be carried out. The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024
Quarter of UK summit investment came before Labour win, analysis suggests Ministers heralded ‘record-breaking’ £63bn total at London event but £16.5bn appears to have preceded July election The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2024
Elton John and Michelin meals: Labour pulls out all the stops to woo investors ‘You are pivotal to this great cause of our times,’ Keir Starmer tells global bosses in London as he targets wealth creation The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024
Reeves warned national insurance hike would be ‘straightforward breach’ of manifesto Speculation is mounting that the chancellor is considering raising employer contributions The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024
Labour accused of ‘absurd’ plan to break manifesto pledge over national insurance hike The shadow work and pensions secretary also said the Government’s claim his party left a £22 billion black hole in public finances is ‘fictitious’ The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia in exclusive talks to buy Harland & Wolff Deal to rescue owner of four UK shipyards, including Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, could save up to 1,000 jobs The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2024
Budget could include rise in employers’ national insurance, minister suggests Jonathan Reynolds says Labour pledge not to increase NICs applies to employees and does not rule out other changes The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2024
P&O Ferries not rogue, says business secretary after cabinet rift Jonathan Reynolds continues damage limitation effort after colleague Louise Haigh called firm a ‘rogue operator’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2024
Business secretary slaps down Louise Haigh over P&O Ferries ‘rogue operator’ row Jonathan Reynolds said Louise Haigh was not speaking for the government when she dubbed P&O Ferries a ‘rogue operator’ and called for the firm to be boycotted The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2024
Government had to ‘have a conversation’ with DP World to salvage £1 billion investment Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds was asked how close the Government came to losing DP World’s planned £1 billion investment. Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2024
John Swinney to join Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday show LAURA Kuenssberg will be joined by John Swinney, one of the Tory leadership candidates and along with the UK Government's Secretary of State for… The National (Scotland) · Oct 13, 2024
Employers must protect workers from sexual harassment under new bill Bill will give new rights to millions of workers including protection from third-party harassment The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024
One Nation Tory group refuses to back Badenoch or Jenrick in party leadership race – as it happened TRG says both candidates have ‘used rhetoric and focused on issues which are far and away from … the values we cherish and uphold’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper did go to Taylor Swift concert, admits Cabinet minister despite earlier denial Home Secretary Yvette Cooper did go to a Taylor Swift concert at Wembley, a minister admitted on Thursday despite a Cabinet colleague denying just 24 hours earlier that she had. Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2024
The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024 What is Labour’s Employment Rights Bill – and how has it changed? Labour has been accused of breaching a manifesto commitment over the change
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024 Labour’s workers’ rights plans can win over Tory and Reform voters, says TUC Trade union leaders meet ministers for final talks on employment rights bill before unveiling on Thursday
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2024 Red letter day for postal deliveries Letters: I’ve got mail (finally) | Jonathan Reynolds | Barney Ronay’s journalism | New Tory leader | Where are the women at synod?
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2024 Revealed: Premier League’s £100,000 ‘freebies’ operation to target cabinet and MPs amid battle over new regulator English football’s top league and clubs handed Keir Starmer and nine cabinet ministers tickets worth thousands of pounds as it ramped up campaign against watchdog
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2024 Tory mayor warns of plot to end British steel production in favour of Chinese alternative via Brazil Exclusive: Lord Ben Houchen raised fears have been raised that the UK will lose domestic steel production for the first time since the Industrial Revolution
Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2024 Cabinet ministers don’t need to repay freebies, says Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer Sir Keir has said he will repay the costs of some gifts he received, including nearly £2,000 of hospitality at Doncaster Racecourse and six Taylor Swift tickets
The National (Scotland) · Oct 4, 2024 Keir Starmer: Accepting freebies was 'not a misstep' KEIR Starmer has said him paying back more than £6000 worth of gifts and hospitality is not an admission he made a misstep.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2024 Friday briefing: What the end of Port Talbot steelworks says about Britain’s green energy transition In today’s newsletter: The end of coal, steel plants facing closure – how the UK is trying to build a post-fossil fuel economy
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2024 ‘Davos on the Mersey’: key conference takeaways as Labour tries to woo business As the budget looms, where the party stands on investment in the UK economy, workers’ rights and more
The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2024 Business leaders raise concerns over flagship Labour investment summit Scheduling of event two weeks before budget in late October criticised at party conference as ‘wrong way round’
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024 Reynolds condemns ‘scaremongering’ over Labour’s workers’ rights overhaul Exclusive: business secretary says some headlines about planned employment bill ‘pretty obviously wrong’