Category: TUC

UK retailers accused of recruiting young shop workers without rights over Christmas

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...

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Creaking public services are costing companies in absent staff, employers tell TUC

Union 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...

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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 ThursdayLabour can use its overhaul of workers’ rights to win over disaffected Tory and Reform voters, the TUC has said, as...

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UK politics: Starmer accused of ‘hiding’ assessment of winter fuel payment cut on pensioners – as it happened

Rishi 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...

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Starmer accused of ‘hiding’ assessment of winter fuel payment cut on pensioners – UK politics live

Rishi 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...

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Sunak ‘should apologise for £22bn black hole’, says Starmer, as they spar over winter fuel payment at PMQs – UK politics live

Session 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...

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Keir Starmer faces rebellion as 53 Labour MPs abstain over winter fuel and one votes with Tories – as it happened

Conservative 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...

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‘People’s futures on the line’ amid surge in youth unemployment, unions warn

Statistics 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...

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Keir Starmer faces rebellion as 53 Labour MPs abstain over winter fuel and one votes with Tories – UK politics live

Conservative 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...

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Keir Starmer addresses unions before key vote on cutting winter fuel allowance – UK politics live

Prime 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...

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Labour has ‘no choice’ about cutting winter fuel payments, business secretary says – UK politics live

Jonathan 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...

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Rachel Reeves tells Labour MPs she is ‘not immune’ to concerns over winter fuel allowance plans – UK politics live

Chancellor 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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