Budget 2024 Budget 2024: National Minimum Wage set for record hike and Living Wage to rise 6.7% Union leaders have welcomed plans to boost the National Living Wage as making a “real difference to the… James Moules 29th October, 2024, 6:00 pm
speech ‘Once we give communities that power, it can’t just be taken away’: Rayner’s speech to the Co-op Party Below is the full text of a speech delivered by Angela Rayner to the Co-operative Party showcase in… Angela Rayner 12th October, 2024, 1:20 pm
News National minimum wage: Government set to name and shame employers more regularly for failures to pay The government is set to name and shame employers more regularly who fail to pay staff the national… Tom Belger 10th October, 2024, 9:56 am
Comment ‘Here’s what Labour’s broad, ambitious New Deal means for working people’ Workplace rights are set to be one of the key battlegrounds at the next general election. This week… Paddy Lillis 11th February, 2024, 8:30 am
Comment For a stronger and fairer economy, we need high wages and high investment Problems of low pay and low investment have gone hand-in-hand for many workers that GMB represents, including tens… Ross Holden 20th October, 2022, 1:00 pm
News End “low-pay Britain”, TUC urges as it unveils roadmap to £15 minimum wage The TUC has declared that it is “time to put an end to low-pay Britain” as it unveiled… Elliot Chappell 23rd August, 2022, 10:30 pm
News Labour outlines plan to ensure minimum wage is in line with cost of living Labour has outlined a plan to reform the national minimum wage to ensure that it is in line… Katie Neame 19th August, 2022, 5:23 pm
News One in four retail workers missing meals to pay bills, Usdaw survey reveals Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis has accused ministers of offering “only sticking plasters” in response to the cost-of-living… Katie Neame 10th August, 2022, 12:12 pm
News £15 minimum wage to improve public finances by £25bn, new report finds The introduction of a £15 per hour minimum wage would improve the public finances by more than £25bn… Katie Neame 8th June, 2022, 12:16 pm
Comment In a scandal even the PM cannot deny, No 10 is still not a living wage employer Low-paid cleaners in East London came together in 2001 with their churches, mosques and community institutions and began… Lola McEvoy 27th May, 2022, 10:05 am