16 h. ago The best paid jobs... and which careers saw the biggest pay rises this year: See how your profession and salary compare with our new calculator

Our exclusive analysis of official ONS data reveals which occupations far exceeded the average pay rise, with some scoring growth into the double-digit percentages.

Economics

30 h. ago How millions of workers on minimum wage can get secret extra pay rise worth £277k – anyone above 22 can do it

MILLIONS of minimum wage workers could bag an additional secret pay rise, the Sun can reveal. With the minimum wage set to increase, workers can get extra cash from employer by boosting their retirement income. Anyone aged between 22 and state pension age, who earns more than £10,000 a year with a single company is automatically signed...

Economics

3 d. ago Wetherspoon boss Sir Tim Martin says soaring wage bills and taxes are piling pressure on pubs to raise prices

JD WETHERSPOON boss Sir Tim Martin says soaring wage bills and taxes are piling pressure on pubs to raise prices. The pub chief said that a 10 per cent pay rise alone adds about 15p to the cost of a pint in a pub, compared with just 1.5p in a supermarket. Sir Tim said that...

Economics

3 d. ago How your pay could be cut by £560 a year in ANOTHER Budget change that Rachel Reeves is plotting

MILLIONS of workers could see their take-home pay cut under Budget plans being weighed up by the Treasury, industry experts have warned. The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has written to all 650 MPs urging the Government not to slash or scrap "salary sacrifice" for pension contributions. SPP says such a move would hit ordinary...

Economics

4 d. ago Nigel Farage blasted with brutal PMQs question after earning £1m from second jobs

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was blasted in Prime Minister's Questions for raking in cash from extra jobs - while criticising the minimum wage for youngsters

Economics

4 d. ago How much income tax you'll have to pay if 2p rise announced in Budget

The Chancellor has given her clearest signal yet that she plans to increase income tax

Economics

6 d. ago Nigel Farage suggests young people on minimum wage earn too much

Reform UK leader also predicted a general election within the next two years, as a consequence of Rachel Reeves’ ‘austerity Budget’

Politics

6 d. ago 'Please don't hit us again': Cinema chain boss pleads with Chancellor ahead of Budget tax blizzard

Tim Richards, of Vue, warned of a 'difficult operating environment' as firms face grapple with high energy costs, the increase in the minimum wage and the Chancellor's national insurance tax raid.

Economics

6 d. ago City bosses warn on pay as UK minimum wage closes in on graduate salaries

Chief executives voice fears about impact on recruitment ahead of expected rise in Budget

Events

7 d. ago Cauliflower will be more flavourful when you add 1 'flavour bomb' ingredient

One chef shared his secret weapon for adding extra flavour to cauliflower, and it's all down to one "flavour bomb" ingredient.

Events

9 d. ago Labour struggles to contain fresh NHS strike threats as unions dismiss 2.5% pay rise... despite ministers warning taxpayers can't afford more

The government's evidence to the NHS pay review body has delivered a stark warning that any increase above that level next year could force cuts to services and staff.

Events

9 d. ago Striking TfGM staff stop traffic in Manchester city centre in ongoing pay row

Workers claim mooted 3.2pc rise is a 'pay cut in disguise'

Events

9 d. ago DfE teacher pay rise recommendation ‘extremely disappointing’, union warns

The DfE has recommended a 6.5% pay rise for teachers over three years.

Events

1 week ago Kibble staff strike deal and secure 7.5 per cent pay rise after union backing

The pay award comes weeks after Unison members had threatened strike action following changes to terms and conditions without the trade union’s agreement.

Economics

1 week ago Prostitute 'scared of men' reveals which women are most successful in the industry

Middle-aged women are finding new motivation from viral sex worker Kayla Jade, who told her 2.3 million TikTok followers that women in their 40s and 50s are often the most successful in the industry

Politics

1 week ago Trump is using the shutdown to make life tougher for millions of workers | Steven Greenhouse

Food stamps are in danger and hundreds of thousands of federal workers may go unpaid, as thousands more are laid offFor many Americans, government shutdowns are a painful experience, but in the current shutdown, Donald Trump – that supposed champion of workers – has gone out of his way to make things more painful for millions of workers and their families.As part of his effort to clobber the Democrats in the shutdown showdown, the US president has repeatedly treated workers like pawns by employing a callous calculus that the worse he makes things for workers, the greater the pressure on congressional Democrats to cry uncle and end the shutdown on his terms. Not only are several of Trump’s shutdown moves blatantly anti-worker, but legal experts say many of them violate federal law. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago The jobs bloodbath is coming, says City guru ALEX BRUMMER. Rachel Reeves' insane plans make it a certainty. We're on the road to ruin

The warnings from business leaders have simply been ignored. Rachel Reeves appears certain to go ahead with her plan to increase the minimum wage, come what may.

Events

1 week ago Rachel Reeves is ignoring all the experts and pressing ahead with her insane wages plan. This is why it's going to trigger a jobs bloodbath: ALEX BRUMMER

The warnings from business leaders have simply been ignored. Rachel Reeves appears certain to go ahead with her plan to increase the minimum wage, come what may.

Events

1 week ago Trump administration must restore grants for school counselors, judge rules

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must release millions in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools

Politics

1 week ago 'Out of touch' peers warned against blocking workers rights for millions

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak accused opponents of the workers rights' reforms of trying to "side with bad bosses" and warned they were out of step with the public

Events