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A poll found one third of workers would turn down a job at a non-green company
Employment

A poll found one third of workers would turn down a job at a non-green company

Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009
Wages are at levels seen in 2009, when Gordon Brown was prime minister and Barack Obama was president. Image: London Summit
Employment

Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009

'Severe' skills shortage threatens UK’s long-term environment goals
Environment

'Severe' skills shortage threatens UK’s long-term environment goals

Charities call for multifaceted approach to help ex-offenders into work
Chancellor Rishi Sunak visits a branch of Timpson, where 10 per cent of the workforce are ex-offenders.
Employment

Charities call for multifaceted approach to help ex-offenders into work

Fire and rehire: Government blocks bill to protect workers
fire and rehire
Employment

Fire and rehire: Government blocks bill to protect workers

'We need business rates reform not crippling hikes' trade groups tell Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver his Budget later this month. Image credit: HM Treasury/Flickr
News

'We need business rates reform not crippling hikes' trade groups tell Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget

Bin workers in Glasgow to strike when world leaders visit for global climate event COP26
Boris Johnson at the launch of COP26. Image: Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street
Employment

Bin workers in Glasgow to strike when world leaders visit for global climate event COP26

Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak unload crates at Tesco
News

Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?

Building back better? Not for the working class
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a press conference in No 9 Downing Street with Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty on the ease of Covid-19 restrictions on July 19th 2021.
Paddy Bettington

Building back better? Not for the working class

Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies
Employment

Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies

How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today
universal credit
Social Justice

How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today

Paid internship and financial health start-ups win Covid recovery grants
Man makes notes on a coffee table during work from home. Coffee in background.
Employment

Paid internship and financial health start-ups win Covid recovery grants

'It's going crazy': How minicab drivers are coping with the fuel crisis
Queues for fuel at East Barnet Esso service station on Monday. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the crisis showed signs of getting better but cab drivers told a different story. Photo credit: Wikicommons / Philafrenzy
Employment

'It's going crazy': How minicab drivers are coping with the fuel crisis

How a trailblazing charity could help 50,000 homeless people into work
Adviser and client discuss options at charity Commonweal offices
Housing

How a trailblazing charity could help 50,000 homeless people into work

Plans to 'modernise' working life will allow employees to request flexibility from day one
work from home
Employment

Plans to 'modernise' working life will allow employees to request flexibility from day one

Weetabix workers strike over fire and rehire plans to 'cut £5,000 a year from wages'
Weetabix workers on strike at Corby factory.
Employment

Weetabix workers strike over fire and rehire plans to 'cut £5,000 a year from wages'

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Scottish government urged to expand 4 day working week trial
Employment

Scottish government urged to expand 4 day working week trial

Mass insecure work leaves families ‘struggling to keep heads above water’
Social Justice

Mass insecure work leaves families ‘struggling to keep heads above water’

Furlough hits new low ahead of weekend wind down
Employment

Furlough hits new low ahead of weekend wind down

Keir Starmer accused of jobs ‘hypocrisy’ as 90 staff face redundancy
Politics

Keir Starmer accused of jobs ‘hypocrisy’ as 90 staff face redundancy