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
Left Foot Forward
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.’
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Who could replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader?
We break down the potential runners and riders
Michael Heseltine schools Reform UK’s Richard Tice on failings of Brexit
“I’ve just told you what the reality is. You’ve been deluding people as you’ve been doing for six years.”
Diane Abbott MP: The Tory civil war has valuable lessons for the Labour Party
‘The civil war is limited in scope, but it is nevertheless vicious’