Tories create sweatshop Britain with zero-hours increase and immigration cut
It seems the Tories have succeeded in their long-term plan to ensure that working people are forever living in fear, …
Category Archives: Employment
Mothercare closes after nearly 60 years, with thousands of job losses
Another iconic British shopping brand has ended, 59 years after it was founded. All Mothercare shops in the UK will …
Paper highlights government-created barriers to work for people with disabilities
This is a pleasant surprise. I had expected an article in The Express about the way people with disabilities are kept …
People in the UK’s poorest communities have supported a government that will send them to food banks
The Con Party has managed to hoodwink a swathe of formerly Labour-supporting constituencies into supporting it – mainly with a …
Tory visa scheme will cripple social care – and the NHS will suffer knock-on harm
Charming. The Conservatives are openly announcing plans to harm services for people in need. Tories are demanding a £30,000 salary …
Labour wins in the workplace with plans for maternity leave and to close the gender pay gap
Yes, the money for this is available, before any Tories try naysaying. Labour will increase paid maternity leave to 12 months …
Mother forced to rely on food banks because of DWP rule that denies reality
Have you ever heard of the minimum income floor calculation? If you aren’t on Universal Credit – and considered to …
Tories withdraw illegal leaflet telling disabled jobseekers to downplay their conditions
A “well-intentioned” leaflet urging people with disabilities to mislead employers about their conditions has been withdrawn by the Department for …
Tory wage and benefit cuts mean millions are struggling to pay essential bills
Nearly 2.2 million people in the UK are struggling to pay council tax, rent and utility bills because they aren’t …
A revolutionary thought: What if the government stood up for working people?
How many employers get away with paying substandard wages – putting workers into poverty and making them struggle to pay …