Factory workers on less than minimum wage ‘robbed’ of £27m in three months

FACTORY workers have been “robbed of tens of millions in wages” in just a few months, Home Secretary Priti Patel was told yesterday in a call for u

Millions expected to be banned from mixing in and outdoors as government set to announce stricter lockdown rules

MILLIONS of people could be banned from mixing indoors and outdoors under new Covid-19 rules to be announced on Monday, while the Tories have rejec

Sunak's new scheme for furloughed workers won't prevent job losses and poverty

Unions and Labour MPs say government ministers ‘still need to do more to stop the devastation of mass unemployment’

Pay rise plans for MPs amid pandemic criticised by unions

UNIONS have condemned a proposal to raise MPs’ salaries next year while ministers refuse to negotiate a rise for public-sector workers who have mai

Chancellor's Job Support Scheme costs employers more than those in Germany, France and Netherlands

EMPLOYERS in Britain will pay more to keep on staff part-time under the new coronavirus Job Support Scheme (JSS) compared with schemes in other Eur

Covid test and trace scheme sees worst week on record ahead of highest number of cases

Bectu union accuses Cineworld of ‘calculated attack’ for cutting furlough pay fortnight early

CINEWORLD was accused by an entertainment union of “a calculated attack” on its workforce today as it cut off their furlough pay two weeks before t

Thinktank warns of average £1,040 loss of benefits for millions of households

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Fury at Tories’ £1.3bn ‘raid’ on business support funds

LABOUR accused the government last night of a “smash-and-grab raid” on struggling businesses over its rule that councils must hand back £1.3 billio

Sage scientist calls for ‘circuit-breaker’ national lockdown after 14,542 Covid cases reported

BORIS JOHNSON is being urged to consider a “circuit-breaker” national lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus as figures suggest that local r