Disability Pay Gap Day shows Labour MUST change course
How much will you earn between now and the rest of the year? Well if you’re disabled it’s effectively nothing. Thursday 7 November is Disability Pay Gap Day, and due to…
Pay growth under the Tories was the worst for over 100 years
The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures on employee earnings show that real average annual wage growth was just 0.3% from 2010 to 2024, compared to 1.5% from 1997 to…
most managers ‘positive’ about reforms
On Monday 21 October, parliament will give Labour’s Employment Rights Bill its second reading. As some polling shows bosses could be in favour, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has issued…
Labour & Reeves first budget must end Britain’s short-termism
In its budget submission published on Friday 4 October, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) sets out the challenges of the toxic legacy the new Labour Party government has inherited. After…
TUC congress passes motion on arms exports to Israel
The day after Labour Party prime minister Keir Starmer addressed the Trades Union Congress (TUC) yearly congress, delegates have voted unanimously for a motion that reveals the inadequacy of the…
polling not quite as Guardian reported it
There was a lot of chatter on Monday 15 July about Guardian and Mirror articles which said that polling showed overwhelming public support for the Labour Party’s New Deal for…
what your boss SHOULD be doing in your workplace
Any new government “must change the law on hot workplaces”, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned, as temperatures soared in a UK heatwave on Tuesday 25 June. TUC says…
Child poverty in working households up 1,300 a week since 2010
Analysis by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) shows the Tories have presided over a 44% (+900,000) increase in the number of kids growing up in child poverty in working households…
Sick pay reform should be central to general election agenda
More than seven million working people would benefit from making Statutory Sick Pay available from day one of sickness, according to new analysis published the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and…
Household debt to reach record high this year as families struggle
Unsecured household debt is set to rise by a “record” £1,660 this year, as families continue to struggle with the Tory-induced cost of living crisis. The figures show that this…
Sunak dragged as 32% of Tory voters say living standards worse
New polling has revealed that just one in seven people (14%) think their living standards are improving this year. Nearly six in 10 people say living standards have not got…
1.5 million women in the UK now unable to work
New analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) shows the number of women economically inactive as a result of chronic illness has increased by more than 500,000 over last five…