Largest four-day working week trial shows it has been a huge success for businesses and workers
Out of the 61, at least 56 companies that took part said they plan to continue with the four-day working week
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Paul Nowak: ‘Unions will stand firm in our defence of the right to strike for every worker’
‘The right to strike is a fundamental British freedom. Strikes are what won workers the 8-hour working day and equal pay for women.’
Far-right anti-migrant activism has more than doubled in the last year, says Hope not Hate
Far-right protesters visited hotels housing asylum seekers 253 times last year.
What happened to all the trade agreements Brexiteers promised?
Many of the agreements are ‘continuity’ or ‘rollover’ agreements, which replicate the deals we already had previously as members of the EU.
European trade unions condemn UK government’s attack on the right to strike
Further restrictions on the right to strike will ‘only drag the UK further away from democratic norms’, they say.
Report finds workers on lower pay likelier to quit job due to ill health
The Learning and Work Institute is urging the government to ‘engage Britain’s 1.7 million forgotten workers.’
Reform UK to demand more TV time ahead of local elections
Aiming to copy the UKIP ‘playbook’, Reform is to wage an insurgent campaign, in a bid to gain TV exposure for its senior representatives.
Why do the right hate everything that’s good about Britain?
Not content with taking us out of Europe, the anti-EU right-wing forces in Britain have set their sights on some of our most cherished institutions.
Council tax rises will affect the poorest the hardest, campaigners warn
As council tax is a regressive tax, the hike will add to the disproportionate impact rising living costs has on people on lower incomes.
Nurses’ union call for stronger strike action, announcing first 48-hour walkout
The RCN has said staff have ‘had enough of being taken for granted, enough of low pay and unsafe staffing levels.’