Increase in employers’ national insurance contributions will affect businesses but is projected to raise £25bn Politics live – latest updatesThe budget is likely to mean smaller pay rises for workers because of...
Read MoreImprovements to workers’ rights to include day-one universal sick pay and an end to zero-hours contracts and fire and rehireLabour’s employment rights bill is the biggest step towards enacting one of its key election...
Read MoreStatistics show 16- to 24-year-olds out of work at highest level since pandemic, a rise of almost 50% in two yearsYouth unemployment has risen to a post-pandemic high as unions warned that “young people’s futures are...
Read MoreA report by the Autonomy Institute says Labour proposals contain too many ambiguities and stresses that pledges must be delivered in fullThe Labour government’s highly publicised plans to improve workers’ rights and...
Read MoreTUC says party has overseen ‘huge rise’ in poverty, as Resolution Foundation says average wages just £16 a week higher in real terms than in 2010The crisis of poverty that has taken root in the UK over the past...
Read MorePublic accounts committee finds real-terms median pay has decreased for most Whitehall staff since 2013Morale in the civil service is being hit by chronic low pay, and Whitehall is increasingly unable to keep staff because...
Read MoreBMA members overwhelmingly back further stoppages and overtime bans in long-running pay disputeJunior doctors in England have voted to keep on striking until the middle of September in their long-running pay dispute, bringing a...
Read MoreThe prime minister, whose income was £2.2m last year, will be paid an additional £5,000 next yearRishi Sunak will accept an inflation-busting 5.5% increase in his salary for being an MP, No 10 has indicated.The...
Read MoreDecember figures pose dilemma for Bank of England, dampening hopes of early interest rate cutBusiness live – latest updatesPay growth slowed less than expected in December as workers continued to bid up their wages amid...
Read MoreHospitals postpone appointments and operations as latest stoppage beginsUK politics live – latest updatesStriking junior doctors in England have insisted they retain the public’s support in their pay dispute with the...
Read MoreExperts say alteration to holiday rights is one of the most significant erosions of employment protections since UK left EUMinisters are cutting holiday allocations and pay for irregular and part-time workers, at a cost to staff...
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,...
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