Opposition leader says some commitments were made before ‘the Tories did enormous damage to the economy’Starmer is summing up the Labour offer.This Labour party with Rachel Reeves as chancellor will value every pound...
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Read MoreUnderfunded, overstretched sector to become testing ground for battle against low pay but critics say policy is weak and vague“My sister is a care worker. She was a care worker during the pandemic. Fourteen-hour shifts,...
Read MoreAmid less gloomy OBR forecasts the chancellor is expected to take first steps towards cutting personal taxesJeremy Hunt will announce 110 measures to boost Britain’s stagnant economy and bow to demands from anxious Tory...
Read MoreChancellor Jeremy Hunt says earnings of full-time workers will rise by £1,800 a year as a the result of moveNearly 3 million low-paid workers will receive a pay increase of almost 10% next spring after the chancellor...
Read MoreWH Smith, Marks & Spencer and Argos among more than 200 firms that failed to pay workers legal minimum wageSome of the UK’s best known retailers including WH Smith, Marks & Spencer, Argos and LloydsPharmacy are at...
Read MoreGovernment yet to overhaul family worker exemption, which permits live-in staff to be paid less than national minimum wageCampaigners are calling on the government to close a minimum wage loophole, two years after the...
Read MoreMove opens new policy gap between unions and Labour party, which is reluctant to commit to specific figure under Keir StarmerAnalysis: TUC picks opportune moment to call for rise in minimum wageThe minimum wage should be...
Read MoreExclusive: earnings of lowest-paid could rise by £832; lower rates for 18- to 22-year-olds to be scrappedLabour has drawn up plans to put hundreds of pounds into the pockets of the lowest-paid by instructing the Low Pay...
Read MoreEnough is Enough campaign garners 300,000 signs-ups with 50 rallies planned next week across Britain A new campaign group urging the government to do more to tackle the cost-of-living crisis will kick off a series of 50 rallies...
Read MoreLabour says rise in national living wage will not make up for universal credit cut amid cost-of-living crisisBudget 2021 live: all the day’s news and reactionRishi Sunak has been urged to use the budget to help families...
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