Royal Mail workers to strike on 19 days over next two months

Royal Mail workers are to take a further 19 days of strike action across October and November in a long-running dispute over pay and...

Coronavirus Latest-Record daily rise in UK Hospital deathsd while Hancock says capacity now to...

The UK has seen the largest increase in daily deaths in hospital from Coronavirus. 19,116 tests were carried out across the UK. 5,706 people tested...

Energy costs set to sink UK pubs and brewers, new data shows

Pubs and breweries will face major financial losses, make no profit and many will be forced to shut up shop if the energy bill...

Budget 2017-The Main points

The Chancellor gave some scraps for the North of England in his budget statement delivered today. Greater Manchester will get a share of £1.7b Transforming...
The Office for National Statistics revealed that unemployment fell by 0.2 per cent, its lowest level since 1974

Unemployment reaches new low but wages continue to lag behind prices

Figures out this morning show that pay is failing to keep up with inflation, The Office for National Statistics revealed that the number of...

Over a billion hours of paid overtime were worked last year – but only...

One in ten workers did paid overtime in Britain in the last year but only a fifth of them got at least a ‘time...

Universal Credit childcare costs support acting as barrier to work, MPs warn

The report from the Work and Pensions Committee highlights how many of the problems with the system preventing parents entering work identified by the...

Five migrants die in Channel crossing attempt

Five people have died after a small migrant boat got into difficulties off Boulogne in the early hours today. Others were rescued from the freezing...

Unite’s Holocaust Memorial Day film reveals moving and frank reactions to Auschwitz atrocities

Seventy five years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the Unite union, has released a powerful short film with members who were recently part of...

Government to bring in strike legislation to guarantee minimum service levels as unions attack...

The Government has announced that will introduce legislation to ensure key public services maintain minimum safety levels during industrial action, as seeks to limit...