5 hours ago Employment Rights Bill will cost businesses up to £5bn a year, government’s own analysis warns

The legislation will have a greater impact on small businesses, the impact assessment warns

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7 hours ago Venezuela arrests a former oil czar and accuses him of working with the US to undermine the industry

Venezuela’s top prosecutor has announced the arrest of a former oil minister and accused him of working with the U.S. government to undermine the industry that drives the country’s economy

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7 hours ago Employment Rights Bill will cost business up to £5bn a year, government’s own analysis warns

The legislation will have a greater impact on small businesses, the impact assessment warns

Economics

8 hours ago Employment rights bill will cost firms £5bn per year but benefits will justify costs, government says – UK politics live

Analysis from business and trade department says bill will significantly strengthen workers’ rightIn the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol while delivering the budget speech. But since no chancellor has taken advantage of the rule since the 1990s (and no one expects Rachel Reeves to be quaffing on Wednesday week), this tradition is probably best viewed as lapsed.But Sam Coates from Sky News has discovered another weird budget ritual. On his Politics at Jack and Sam’s podcast, he says:Someone messaged me to say: ‘Did you know that over in the Treasury as they’ve been going over all these spending settlements, in one of the offices, its full of balloons. And every time an individual department finalises its settlements, o...

Economics

10 hours ago Ministers admit workers' rights overhaul could cost business £5BILLION a year and lead to price rises and job cuts

The package - including flexible working, paternity and sick leave from day one - could force up prices for consumers and lead to job cuts.

Economics

12 hours ago MPs urged to back most significant overhaul of workers' rights in a generation

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak called on MPs to be 'on the right side of history'

Politics

24 hours ago Business leaders are warned that Labour's workers' rights bonanza will 'lead to more strikes' and hinder investment

Business leaders will be told by the Tories that the landmark reforms to be debated for the first time by MPs this week will 'hinder investment and job creation'.

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