Legal action curtails Bank Holiday weekend nurses strike

The High Court has ruled that plans for the nursing strike to last through the bank holiday weekend were illegal. The walkout will now end...

Train drivers to strike on three days including on the FA Cup Final

Three days of train strikes have been called by the rail union ASLEF with one being on the day of the FA Cup final...

Government to announce plans for crackdown on gambling industry

The government will announce plans in its gambling white paper later today which includes plans for a levy on gambling companies and affordability checks...

It’s official-Britain is the sick man of Europe again

The U.K saw a record number of working days lost due to short-term sickness last year Figures releasd this morning by the Office of National...

Nearly 3 million emergency food parcels were distributed by food banks in the Trussell...

Close to 3 million emergency food parcels were distributed by food banks in the Trussell Trust network in the past 12 months — the...

Government does not expect to recoup billions of taxpayers’ money lost to fraud and...

The Government is “effectively writing off” nearly £1 billion paid out erroneously by local authorities on its behalf say MP’s and of an estimated £2.2...

Mega profit TGI Fridays’ chain tells staff no more free meals at work

A leading union, has blasted restaurant chain Fridays for scrapping free meals for low paid staff working 10-hour shifts, often late at night. Fridays claims...

Time to make workers’ rights a reality with new ‘super-complaints’ plus a doubling of...

The UK’s fragmented, weak and under-resourced system for enforcing labour market rights costs workers billions a year and a radical overhaul is needed, according...

Pension clawback “poorly understood” and the cause of financial distress, particularly for women, report...

Pension clawback has been poorly understood and is the cause of significant financial implications and distress, particularly for women, a new report warns. Experts have...

Health Secretary to take legal action against nurses union over strike action

The Health Secretary Steve Barclay has confirmed that the government is applying to the High Court to declare one day of the Royal College...