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Lord Frost, Brexit negotiator for former PM, tells House of Lords that government never wanted ‘unsatisfactory’ protocol to workRayner says Labour will update trade union laws to make them fit for the 21st century.The laws affecting union reps and offi…
Figures show government is well short of 26,360 target amid crisis in teacher recruitment and retentionOnly half of the required number of trainee secondary school teachers in England have been recruited as the academic year gets under way, analysis sh…
UK government gave itself powers to enforce minimum service levels during industrial action by public service workersTrade unions have passed a resolution promising a “strategy of non-compliance” with ministers’ controversial anti-strike legislation.Me…
Prime minister says he told Li Qiang, the Chinese prime minister, at G20 that Chinese interference with the work of parliament will ‘never be tolerated’Simon Clarke, who was the levelling up secretary during the Liz Truss premiership, has defended the …
Trade union body says British government move is in ‘breach of international law’The Trades Union Congress has lodged a complaint with the UN’s labour standards body claiming the UK government flouted the watchdog’s orders over its newly enforced “unde…
Industry figures and the TUC warn of missed carbon reduction targets and lost jobs unless government boosts green investmentFears are growing that existing offshore wind projects could be shelved, after industry insiders warned that “disastrous” handli…
GMB union is supporting 3,000 claims in Birmingham – and is gathering evidence from 20 other councilsCouncils in the UK are facing compensation bills running into billions of pounds over equal pay claims, campaigners have warned, as they called on the …
Motion at TUC congress rejecting minimum service levels likely to be a political headache for Labour leaderUnions are expected to back a policy of defiance over a recently passed law aimed at restricting strikes in public services, in a move that could…
Union anger after bosses’ pay at arts charity rises 170% while staff are offered just 4%Charity workers could walk out on strike for the first time in the 270-year history of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) as a simmering row over pay, alleged union-bu…
Public consultation on cost-cutting plans ends on Friday, as drivers strike again over jobs and payUnions have urged one “final push” to save railway ticket offices from closure before the public consultation ends on Friday, when train drivers strike a…