Reports say Sir Keir Starmer may risk union support and bow to pressure from business to amend new dealWatering down Labour’s plan to strengthen workers’ rights would be disastrous for the party’s relations...
Read MoreExclusive: Action by organisation supporting migrants argues new rules are discriminatoryAn organisation that supports migrant workers has launched a legal challenge against the government’s new policy to bar care workers...
Read MoreExclusive: Visas created hastily to solve labour shortages expose people to ‘hyper-precarity’ and exploitationVisas created hastily to solve labour shortages as a result of Brexit have put workers at greater risk of...
Read MoreParty says it is committed to policies such as zero-hours ban after peer warned against ‘rushing’ changesLabour has said it will keep its ban on zero-hours jobs and improvements to workers’ rights after the...
Read MoreDespite UK government outrage the ‘legal loopholes remain and operator has been let off the hook’, says joint statementUnions have called for proper legal protection for seafarers on the second anniversary of 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 MorePeer warns party against over-zealous labour market reforms while dismissing former leaders as ‘weak, weak, weak’Peter Mandelson has warned Labour not to go too far in bringing in labour market reforms to benefit...
Read MoreParty leader says he would not bring in lower environmental and food standards than in Europe or reduce workers’ rightsKeir Starmer has gone further than before in outlining his vision of a future UK relationship with the...
Read MoreUnite and Unison join campaigners urging government to exempt strike days from maternity calculationsThe UK’s two biggest unions have backed calls for a review of the “immoral” system where pregnant workers...
Read MoreUnion leader says leaked text of party’s plans shows ‘clear rowing back’ as Angela Rayner denies any watering down of policySharon Graham, the general secretary of the Unite union, has accused Labour of partly...
Read MoreThis live blog has now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage herThe government has been trying to make this “NHS week” in their comms strategy, hoping that announcements on changes to cancer targets...
Read MoreDeputy leader says party would legislate to improve workers’ rights within 100 days as policy forum tweaks plans for ‘day one’ rights such as sick payThe government has been trying to make this “NHS...
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