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A government consultation on zero-hours contracts has been flooded with 36,000 responses from people wanting to talk about problems and abuses.
The radical right and radical Islamists are seen as mortal enemies. But in Europe they are increasingly finding common ground.
An anonymous hotline to report employers for shady practices is just one way American activists are looking to tackle their own low pay crisis. Here are four ideas for solving our own.
The latest batch of Work Programme data were released today. New quarter; similar results: a programme doing acceptably for some, but for others not.
Yesterday’s Budget did little to convince Unite and our members employed in manufacturing that the government has set a course to re-balance the UK economy.
Across the nations, reaction to the chancellor’s budget yesterday has been lukewarm at best.
While chancellor George Osborne’s Budget yesterday had a strong housing focus, which was welcomed in housing circles, the announcements failed miserably in the face of a growing UK housing crisis.
UKIP’s opposition to gay marriage is not for pragmatic reasons, but is based on outdated bigotry.
While statistics show economic growth, people’s day to day experience is of cuts to services, fare increases and deteriorating infrastructure.
This was a Budget that delivered rising living standards to those who are already well off.
