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Public purse losing £29m a week as a result of tax breaks for banks – TUC

The Treasury will lose at least £1.5 billion a year over the next four years, report claims.

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2023

Unions present Tata with alternative plan aimed at saving jobs at steel plant

Tata Steel wants to decarbonise its site at Port Talbot in South Wales under moves to safeguard its future.

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Forcing medical staff to work during strikes could harm care, NHS Providers says

Anti-strike laws risk damaging relationships between staff and employers, hospital trust leaders say

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

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Disability pay gap higher than it was a decade ago says TUC

The pay gap between non-disabled and disabled workers is higher than it was a decade ago, according to a new analysis by the Trades Union Congress.

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2023

Black and Asian women ‘three times as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men’

TUC says this increase in zero-hours contracts for BME workers reflects structural racism in jobs market

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2023

Tories fuelling ‘greed is good’ with lift of cap on bankers’ bonuses, says TUC

As cap is lifted on Tuesday, unions claim Rishi Sunak is following Liz Truss’s footsteps

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023

Irish and UK unions warn strikes law could ‘sour’ relations with EU

The TUC and ICTU said the legislation may breach the UK-EU Trade and Co-operation agreement.

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023

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UK financial regulators scrap cap on bankers’ bonuses

Bonus cap to end on 31 October, a move condemned by unions as an ‘insult to working people’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Rishi Sunak carries out Liz Truss plan to axe cap on bankers’ bonuses

Unions say ‘obscene’ move shows PM only interested in ‘feather-nesting the super-wealthy’

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out was ‘confusing’ and put lives at risk, inquiry told

Eat Out to Help Out ‘encouraged social mixing’ and ‘confused public health messaging’, inquiry hears

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Union bosses demand emergency HS2 meeting: ‘Economic benefits must not be squandered’

Union bosses say huge economic benefits of HS2’s northern leg ‘must not be squandered because of ongoing Conservative incompetence’

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

Europe’s workers face bleak winter as firms ‘profiteer’, says union chief

Millions ‘holding on with their fingertips’ due to high interest rates, squeezed wages and Covid costs, says the European TUC boss, Esther Lynch

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

Majority ‘against lowering inheritance tax threshold’ – poll

The Government is reportedly considering raising the inheritance tax limit.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Nigeria’s labour unions call indefinite strike over cost of living

Unions have announced a strike beginning on October 3 after President Bola Tinubu scrapped a subsidy on fuel.

Al Jazeera · Sep 26, 2023

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The National (Scotland) · Sep 25, 2023

SNP challenge Labour to back motion calling for devolution of employment law

SCOTTISH Labour MSPs have been challenged to put workers before their “right-wing London bosses” and support a motion backing the devolution…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 20, 2023

Scottish Labour MSPs told to U-turn and oppose employment law devolution motion

SCOTTISH Labour MSPs will not support a motion calling for the devolution of employment law – despite a manifesto pledge to back the policy ...

The National (Scotland) · Sep 14, 2023

SNP trade unionists hail 'historic' TUC shift on devolving employment law

THE SNP Trade Union Group – the party’s largest affiliate body – has welcomed the decision of the Trades Union Congress to support the…

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2023

OPINION - Angela Rayner has delivered a striker’s charter

There was a bit of Angela Rayner’s barnstorming appearance at the TUC yesterday which should have worried business — and that was before she even started. It was when TUC president Maria Exall introduced her as “one of us” — as opposed to Sir Keir Starmer, who really doesn’t have…

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023

‘Eyes on the prize’: union delegates dial down doubts about Keir Starmer

At likely final gathering of the TUC before next general election, focus was on chucking the Tories out of office

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2023

Top union boss launches stinging attack on Starmer: ‘A car salesman who just sells soap’

‘We want a Labour government, clearly, even if they are not very good,’ Mark Serwotka said

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

Starmer kicks back and basks in reflected glory of Rayner’s TUC speech

Labour leader’s decision to give his deputy the front-of-house gig at congress signals a shift in their uneasy relationship

The National (Scotland) · Sep 12, 2023

Angela Rayner BLANKS demands to devolve employment powers to Scotland

LABOUR’S deputy leader has promised unions that the party will deliver a host of new rights for workers, giving a “cast-iron commitment” of…

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

Angela Rayner gives ‘cast iron’ promise of bill banning zero-hours contracts

Labour deputy leader tells TUC party would also seek to repeal anti-strike laws within 100 days of entering government

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

Boris Johnson government ‘always hoped’ Northern Ireland protocol would collapse – as it happened

Lord Frost, Brexit negotiator for former PM, tells House of Lords that government never wanted ‘unsatisfactory’ protocol to work

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

UK jobs market ‘on the turn’ as unemployment rises; ‘terrifying’ increase in mortgage arrears – as it happened

Total pay jumps by 8.5% in the last year – ahead of inflation – while value of mortgages in arrears is now the highest in almost seven years

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