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How Labour’s plan for ‘fair pay’ deals looks to solve UK social care crisis
Underfunded, overstretched sector to become testing ground for battle against low pay but critics say policy is weak and vague
Heather Stewart
29, Nov, 2023 @1:46 PM
Ladbrokes-owner Entain settles Turkish bribery inquiry; Amazon Black Friday protests– as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as strikes take place at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse, and at sites in Germany
Graeme Wearden
24, Nov, 2023 @4:14 PM
‘What do we want? £15!’ Hundreds join Amazon picket line for Black Friday strike
Trade unionists from US and Europe stand with staff at Coventry hub over local pay dispute amid global day of action
Heather Stewart
24, Nov, 2023 @12:40 PM
Which public services will suffer most to pay for Tory tax cuts?
Already squeezed criminal justice system, schools and local government would face painful cuts if chancellor’s sums are to add up
Heather Stewart
23, Nov, 2023 @4:49 PM
Autumn statement: voters in Shakespeare’s birthplace count cost of Tory theatre
Usually boosted by tourist spending, Stratford-upon-Avon’s residents and businesses lament cost of living crisis
Heather Stewart
21, Nov, 2023 @6:30 PM
Black Friday strike could mark the beginning of the end for Amazon’s war on unions
Rising GMB membership, cross-border action and a probable new government point to better times for thousands of workers
Heather Stewart
19, Nov, 2023 @1:00 PM
Suella Braverman says Rishi Sunak broke secret promises he made to win her support and accuses him of betrayal – as it happened
Former home secretary tells PM he broke promises he made to gain her support during party leadership contest
Tom Ambrose (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier)
14, Nov, 2023 @8:27 PM
Suella Braverman’s departure letter: what she wrote – and what it means
Sacked home secretary pulls no punches in letter to Rishi Sunak but some of them may miss the mark
Heather Stewart
14, Nov, 2023 @7:30 PM
British millennials still bearing scars of 2008 financial crisis, says research
Generation Y counterparts in the US have closed living standards gap on previous generations
Heather Stewart
13, Nov, 2023 @12:01 AM
Police say Suella Braverman’s claims of force’s bias ‘a factor’ in attacks on them
Officers believe claims made before Saturday’s pro-Palestinian march stoked far-right violence
Vikram Dodd and Heather Stewart
12, Nov, 2023 @7:30 PM
Like horses laid off by the car: BT tech chief’s AI job losses analogy draws anger
Harmeen Mehta criticised for equating human workers with ‘beasts of burden’ and denigrating right to strike
Heather Stewart
09, Nov, 2023 @3:36 PM
The Women Who Made Modern Economics by Rachel Reeves review – a personal manifesto
The shadow chancellor’s portraits of her economic heroes reveal much about a future Labour government’s agenda
Heather Stewart
19, Oct, 2023 @10:00 AM
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