Category: Workers’ rights

FTSE 100 bosses make more money by noon today than average worker in a year

Bosses will hit milestone marginally quicker this year on the third working day of 2025 with median hourly pay of £1,298, says High Pay CentreThe chief executives of FTSE 100 companies will have made more money in 2025 by...

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Give working parents help with childcare and commuting costs, UK thinktank says

Child poverty plan must address the 70% of families with at least one parent in work, Resolution Foundation saysLabour must offer extra support to working parents, including with childcare and commuting, if it is to fulfil its...

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Labour must ‘stick to its guns’ on UK employment rights bill, says TUC chief

In new year message, Paul Nowak says ministers must resist pressure from business groups to water down plansKeir Starmer’s government has been urged to “stick to its guns” amid growing pressure from business...

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‘Business cash cow has been milked,’ CBI chair tells ministers

Rupert Soames urged government to water down workers’ rights plans after a budget ‘tough on business’The chair of the Confederation of British Industry, Rupert Soames, accused the government of treating...

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Starmer steps into cabinet row over P&O to rescue global summit in London

The PM has backed transport secretary Louise Haigh after she called ferry firm a ‘rogue operator’, threatening investment summitKeir Starmer expressed his full confidence on Saturday in the transport secretary,...

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Calls for investigation of Uber Eats and Deliveroo after raid on Bristol caravan camp

Migrant workers accuse Home Office of targeting the victims of labour exploitation rather than companies profiting from themMigrant workers living in a caravan encampment raided by immigration enforcement officers have accused...

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One Nation Tory group refuses to back Badenoch or Jenrick in party leadership race – UK politics live

TRG says both candidates have ‘used rhetoric and focused on issues which are far and away from … the values we cherish and uphold’Robert Jenrick, one of the final two Tory leadership candidates, is delivering...

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Robert Jenrick rejects claim Tory MPs put him in final two for leadership ballot by mistake – UK politics live

Jenrick says he thinks Tory MPs voted for ‘the best placed people to lead this party forward’Robert Jenrick, one of the final two Tory leadership candidates, is delivering a speech in London. There is a live feed on...

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Minister strongly rejects claim from business lobby ‘chaotic’ workers bill will cost jobs – UK politics live

Labour promised employment rights bill within first 100 days in officeGood morning. During the election campaign Labour promised to produce an employment rights bill within its first 100 days in office. The anniversary is on...

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