45 h. 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

49 h. ago UK government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation clears final hurdle

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

Politics

50 h. 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.

Politics

50 h. ago UK government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation clears House of Lords

Landmark Employment Rights bill heads for statute books

Politics

53 h. 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

3 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

5 d. 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.

Politics

5 d. 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.

Politics

7 d. 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.

Politics

7 d. 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.

Politics

7 d. ago Starmer defeated in the Lords AGAIN over workers' rights overhaul

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

Economics

7 d. ago UK government suffers fresh setback to flagship workers’ rights legislation

Row over cap on unfair dismissal payouts in House of Lords threatens to delay delivery of manifesto pledge

Politics

7 d. ago Iceland boss and top Downing Street aide among Keir Starmer’s new Labour peers

The series of Labour appointments to Parliament's upper chamber comes as the Government has faced staunch opposition from peers over its flagship workers' rights legislation

Politics

8 d. ago Rights of protestors, migrant workers and disabled people being ‘failed’ by government, ECHR chief says

The new chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has urged ministers to “ensure rights are protected across the nation”

Events

9 d. ago Former justice department workers sign letter decrying Trump’s ‘near destruction’ of civil rights division – live

Attorneys say they left because the administration ‘turned the Division’s core mission upside down, largely abandoning its duty to protect civil rights’A federal judge in New York has granted the justice department’s request to unseal grand jury documents in the sex-trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell – the companion and accomplice of the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Donald Trump signed last month.The legislation requires the Department of Justice to release the full tranche of records related to disgraced financier, in a searchable format by 19 December. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago ‘America deserves better’: former justice department workers sign letter decrying Trump’s purge of civil rights division – live

Attorneys say they left because the administration ‘turned the Division’s core mission upside down, largely abandoning its duty to protect civil rights’A federal judge in New York has granted the justice department’s request to unseal grand jury documents in the sex-trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell – the companion and accomplice of the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Donald Trump signed last month.The legislation requires the Department of Justice to release the full tranche of records related to disgraced financier, in a searchable format by 19 December. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Workers may get right to take at least a week off if a distant relative or an in

Take a week off if a distant cousin or an in-law dies, workers are told under Labour's employment rights shake-up.

Politics

9 d. ago Angela Rayner fuels Labour leadership frenzy as she forces Starmer to speed up workers' rights overhaul with swipe at 'wasted time'

Ministers have agreed that the Employment Rights Bill will be implemented from January 2027 instead of October that year.

Politics

9 d. ago Angela Rayner warns Sir Keir Starmer 'now is not the time to blink or buckle' on her flagship workers' rights bill

In a pointed intervention, the former deputy prime minister told the Commons it was 'not the time to blink or buckle' on legislation boosting the right to strike, which employers warn will cost the economy billions.

Events

1 week ago Staff who sue bosses are in line for unlimited compensation in 'bonkers' last

Staff who successfully sue their employers will be in line for unlimited compensation in what lawyers said was a 'bonkers' last-minute change to Labour 's workers' rights revolution.

Politics