Lush and Gymshark among chains using apps promoted by TikTok influencers to take on gig economy assistants lacking basic protections, say unionsUnions have accused high-street retailers of drafting in young gig economy store...
Read MoreUnion group urges chancellor to better fund health, social care and childcare to get staff back to work and boost productivityUK businesses are losing staff working time because of waits for healthcare or caring duties due to...
Read MoreTrade union leaders meet ministers for final talks on employment rights bill before unveiling on ThursdayLabour can use its overhaul of workers’ rights to win over disaffected Tory and Reform voters, the TUC has said, as...
Read MoreRishi Sunak asks PM over previous Labour analysis linking the policy to 4,000 extra deaths a yearA new Labour pressure group aiming to “take on the Nimbys” is being launched today, PA Media says. PA reports.The...
Read MoreRishi Sunak asks PM over previous Labour analysis linking the policy to 4,000 extra deaths a yearA new Labour pressure group aiming to “take on the Nimbys” is being launched today, PA Media says. PA reports.The...
Read MoreSession comes as this morning’s growth figures underline economic challenge for new governmentA new Labour pressure group aiming to “take on the Nimbys” is being launched today, PA Media says. PA reports.The...
Read MoreConservative motion to block winter fuel payment cut defeated but 53 Labour MPs abstain and one, Jon Trickett, votes with the Tories. This live blog is closedFull story: MPs back cuts to winter fuel payments in Commons voteKeir...
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 MoreConservative motion to block winter fuel payment cut defeated but 53 Labour MPs abstain and one, Jon Trickett, votes with the ToriesFull story: MPs back cuts to winter fuel payments in Commons voteKeir Starmer is about to give...
Read MorePrime minister speaks at the Trade Union Congress in Brighton before MPs vote on winter fuel payment plansKeir Starmer is about to give his speech to the TUC conference.According to an extract released in advance, he will...
Read MoreJonathan Reynolds says ‘the nature of what we’ve inherited required immediate decisions’, as MPs set to vote on means-testing paymentsGood morning. Today will be a difficult day for the Labour party, which is...
Read MoreChancellor tells meeting of Parliamentary Labour Party there will be more difficult decisions to come Like the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory endorsement for Kemi Badenoch, but...
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