Government rejects Labour’s call to extend benefit sanctions suspension
Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has refused to extend the temporary suspension on benefit sanctions, which was…
Unemployment
WATCH: Labour urges government to “get a grip” on economic recovery
Bridget Phillipson has warned that the UK will see a “really severe impact” to the economy if the…
Labour calls for “back to work Budget” and warns of “mass unemployment”
Labour has called for the government to bring forward measures to protect jobs in a “back to work…
Workers in the hospitality industry are heading for a crisis
Hospitality is both one of the worst hit sectors by the virus and one with a disproportionate number…
Labour must call for a jobs guarantee for workers after the furlough scheme ends
The Office for Budget Responsibility has issued a brutally grim assessment of what lies ahead for the UK…
The Tories claim economic success – but workers’ pay suggests otherwise
Figures released by the Office for National Statistic (ONS) this month showed that unemployment fell by 57,000 in…
Labour must stand up for the skills and rights of older workers and see off the threat of UKIP, a councillor writes
Although the level of unemployment was largely flat, when new figures were announced today, one group that seems…
Angela Rayner: I know what it is like to raise kids on low pay – and I know the Tories are breaking their childcare promise
If you’re a working parent with a young child, David Cameron made a promise to you at the…
Stephen Timms: Jobs plan shows Tories have betrayed disabled people once again
On Monday the government published Improving Lives, its long awaited work, health and disability green paper. It makes big…
Don’t use Brexit as an excuse to slash jobs, McCluskey tells big business
Len McCluskey today told big business that Brexit must not be used as an excuse to cut jobs…
