A protest rally against the government's austerity measures is expected to be attended by tens of thousands of trade unionists, anti-war activists and...
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Former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher turns 87 today. She's been demonised as a milk-stealing war-monger, immortalised on celluloid...
A rise in the minimum wage has come into effect, leading to a bigger pay packet for some workers, but the low-paid will actually be worse off, accordi...
T-shirts bearing messages celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher have been removed from sale outside the TUC Congress after being described as "ta...
Britain is at a historically important crossroads, facing a choice between decline or renewal, the leader of the TUC will say on Monday. Outgoing g...
The Government is on a fresh collision course with millions of workers after warnings of mass strikes in protest at pay freezes, job losses and other ...
Celebrities and corporations are using offshore trusts, tax havens or wives and civil partners to avoid paying their fair share of tax, according to a...
Householders who pay tradesmen in cash are "morally wrong", a Treasury minister has said. Exchequer Secretary David Gauke accused homeowners who gi...
The dominant economic approach of the last 30 years is now on its last legs. Letting the market rip and an indifference to inequality are now seen as important causes of the greatest economic crash since the 1930s.
Unions have reacted angrily to government plans which would see low-paid workers having their benefit payments stopped if they go on strike. Employ...
Millions of workers will be turned into "second class citizens" if the government adopts proposals in Adrian Beecroft's controversial report into empl...
The government faces accusations of being "fundamentally dishonest" about its policies towards disabled people. TUC general secretary Brendan Barbe...
The number of women out of work in the UK has reached its highest level in 25 years despite overall figures dropping, risking sending gender equality ...
Brendan Barber is to retire later this year after ten years as leader of the TUC, he announced on Wednesday. In a statement, the 61-year-old union ...
Almost a million jobs have been lost since 2007 in sectors such as manufacturing, retail, hotels and restaurants, which traditionally appeal to young ...
Workers are suffering from poor earnings growth, rising household debt and a widening pay gap with bosses - despite becoming more productive over the ...
Eric Pickles has attacked the practice of trade union "pilgrims" being funded by the taxpayer as like "the last page of Animal Farm", revealing that t...
Eric Pickles has attacked the practice of trade union "pilgrims" being funded by the taxpayer as like "the last page of Animal Farm", revealing that t...
Union leaders today stepped up their campaign to have workers on company remuneration committees, saying the move would help tackle the widening pay g...
Plans to charge to take claims to employment tribunals will lead to "chequebook justice", TUC leader Brendan Barber warned on Friday. Barber claime...
The prospects of finding a job are likely to get "much worse" in the face of fresh cuts in public spending this year, union leaders warned on Tuesday ...
The Government has pressed ahead with plans to charge people to bring a claim to an employment tribunal, suggesting fees of between £150 and £1,750....
Britain's most senior trade unionist has accused ministers of "deliberately misleading" public sector workers over the impact of planned changes to th...
The jobless figures were worse than expected, with 8.3% of the economically active population now out of work. They are, quite simply, the worse unem...
