King’s Speech: Starmer to ‘level up’ workers’ rights with employment reforms July 17, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to “level up workers’ rights” via a series of employment reforms included in the King’s Speech.
Keir Starmer to take the ‘brakes off Britain’ with growth-focused King’s Speech July 17, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to take the “brakes off Britain” with a growth-focused King’s Speech.
Increasing recruitment difficulties spark business calls for national skills strategy July 16, 2024 The skills gap will likely constrain how far and how fast the next government can move on a number of issues, from housebuilding to AI.
Recruiter Norman Broadbent on the lookout for acquisitions despite ‘extremely challenging’ conditions July 11, 2024 Net fee income in the first half is expected to be £4.5m, down 14 per cent on last year but up 36 per cent on the year before.
Tata: Unite suspends overtime ban and all-out strike at steel giant July 1, 2024 Unite has suspended an overtime ban and a planned all out strike at steel giant Tata over job losses, the union announced.
Election 2024: Labour dodge calls for four-day working week June 30, 2024 The Labour Party is reportedly avoiding calls from unions to make a four-day work week an official policy.
Election 2024: Labour to guarantee work experience to all secondary pupils June 27, 2024 The Labour Party has pledged to offer a minimum of two weeks' quality work experience and recruit over 1,000 new careers advisers.
UK households would be £4,300 richer per year if pay growth had matched Germany and the US June 25, 2024 Households would be £4,300 a year better off if pay growth in the UK had matched average wages in Germany and the US since 2010, according to a new study.
Election 2024: Labour to create fair work watchdog, Angela Rayner says June 23, 2024 Labour is set to create an employment watchdog to enforce its workers rights reforms, Angela Rayner has said.
Election 2024: Benefits ‘less dignified’ than work, Starmer toughens welfare line June 23, 2024 State handouts don’t deliver the “same sense of self-reliant dignity as a fair wage”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he toughens his party’s line on welfare.