25 h. ago Public spending on union officials to be kept SECRET under Labour's workers' rights overhaul

The Employment Rights Bill, which gained Royal Assent last week, will essentially allow reps to decide how to use 'facility time', paid leave from their workplace they can use to carry out union work.

Politics

44 h. ago Now Labour could ban Christmas songs: Employment Rights Bill could see end of Jingle Bells and more sung in pubs over 'racist' origins

Supposedly 'offensive' lyrics in seasonal classic songs could come under the watch of the Government's new workers' rights legislation, it has been suggested.

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2 d. ago The workers' rights bill will lead to 'fewer jobs not better ones', warns head of the British Retail Consortium

If government is serious about growth, it must start treating business as a genuine partner in delivering it.

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5 d. ago Finally, Labour is finding its nerve and getting Britain’s bad Brexit deal undone | Polly Toynbee

Rejoining Erasmus should just be a first step – as the economic evidence piles up, the need for closer ties with Europe could not be clearerMonth by month, Labour is bringing us closer to Europe. This week, the UK announced it is rejoining the Erasmus+ youth exchange programme. This will open the door beyond the many young people who attend university – its remit includes FE students, apprentices, and youth and school groups. A whoop of excitement greeted the announcement, with opportunities for those involved in education, training, culture and sport, and a commitment to maximise take-up by disadvantaged young people. Widening experience, encouraging adventure: Erasmus+ may help cure Britain’s monolingual handicap and the catastrophic decline in language courses. Last year in the UK, less than 3% of A-levels were in languages.This all eludes Europhobes such as Andrew Neil, who posted on X that “extra taxes now being inflicted on working people will be used to finance some ‘study’ i...

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5 d. ago Labour's inheritance tax raid on farmers has left them 'bewildered and frightened' according to official review by ex

The farm profitability report by former NFU president Baroness Minette Batters called for a 'new deal for profitable farming' that recognises the true cost of producing food.

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5 d. ago Labour's inheritance tax raid on farmers has left them 'bewildered and frightened' according to official review by ex

The farm profitability report by former NFU president Baroness Minette Batters called for a 'new deal for profitable farming' that recognises the true cost of producing food.

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7 d. ago Ripped gym mum reveals how she avoids weight gain at Christmas 'without dieting'

Personal trainer Shannon Collins shares simple tips to help manage festive eating and stay on track over Christmas without imposing huge restrictions. She doesn't diet to achieve success

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7 d. ago 'See you on the picket line': Fears of even MORE strikes as Starmer ally union leader is ousted by hard Left challenger who vows to 'stand up' to politicians and review Labour cash

In a blow to Sir Keir StarmerChristina McAnea was ousted as the general secretary of Unison, and replaced by Andrea Egan, who has suggesting loosing its ties to Labour.

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7 d. ago Starmer loses his closest union ally as hard Left challenger takes control of Unison with Labour facing losing millions of pounds in donations

Christina McEnea was ousted as the general secretary of Unison today as members backed Andrea Egan to take over the UK's largest union.

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7 d. ago Labour’s workers’ rights bill to become law after Lords battle

The ‘historic’ bill has been praised by trade unions and MPs who pushed to get it through the House of Lords

Economics

7 d. ago UK government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation clears final hurdle

Employment rights bill heads for statute book after House of Lords backs down

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7 d. ago Labour FINALLY gets its workers' rights laws through Parliament as peers end their long battle over Bill

Peers on Tuesday dropped their extended opposition to the controversial Employment Rights Bill, which is now poised to become law.

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7 d. ago UK government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation clears House of Lords

Landmark Employment Rights bill heads for statute books

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7 d. ago Angela Rayner stokes war with House of Lords over Labour workers' rights laws: Ex

The former deputy prime minister lashed out at hereditary peers in the House of Lords for 'blocking' the Government's flagship legislation.

Society

8 d. ago Business groups urge peers to PASS Labour's workers' rights law

In a joint letter to Business Secretary Peter Kyle, six organisations said that 'now is the time' for Parliament to pass the Employment Rights Bill.

Economics

1 week ago Labour MP calls for 'serious debate' on abolition of House of Lords

Euan Stainbank said it was a “disgrace” that Conservative and Liberal Democrat peers were obstructing Labour's worker’s rights law.

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1 week ago 'Rayner's shoring up support across the party': As Team Ange plot her leadership bid, how a botched hit job left Starmer exposed to an assassin's blade

When ministers heard Angela Rayner was planning a dramatic Commons intervention on her beloved - and economically ruinous - workers' rights Bill, they swung into action.

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1 week ago Donald Trump wants a Europe in chaos – a sure sign for Britain to shore up its democracy | Polly Toynbee

With the US threatening to support ‘patriotic’ parties here, we need better defences, starting with tough new rules about political donationsThe new threat is so dizzyingly bizarre that Europe, and especially Britain, is slow to believe it. The US declares itself our enemy. Europe emerges as its main adversary in the US national security strategy. Russia is its friend, not us. Everything that looked solid since the second world war is turned upside down; the land of the free becomes the destroyer of democratic values. Appeasement fails.He may ramble, but Donald Trump speaks plainly. He means what he says, and he hates everything European. Except its emerging “patriotic” parties, which he wants to support. His strategy warns of “civilizational erasure”, claiming Europe will soon “become majority non-European” and parroting the racist conspiracy known as the great replacement theory. Describing Europeans as “weak”, “decaying” and “destroying their countries”, with “real stupid” leader...

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1 week ago MPs and peers could sit over Christmas break to pass workers' rights overhaul after Starmer's latest humiliating defeat in the Lords

Furious peers voted down a last-minute change to the Employment Rights Bill that could open the door to unlimited unfair dismissal payouts.

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1 week ago Unions demand MPs and peers sit over CHRISTMAS to pass workers' rights overhaul after Starmer's latest humiliating defeat in the Lords

Furious peers voted down a last-minute change to the Employment Rights Bill that could open the door to unlimited unfair dismissal payouts.

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