Sunday Trading

A Trolley Good Idea? Sunday Trading Laws May Be Relaxed

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.08.2012 | UK

Big supermarkets and other major retailers have been in talks with the Government about relaxing Sunday trading laws after longer opening hours were a...

Sunday Trading 'Would Be A Major Breach Of Trust By The Government'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.08.2012 | UK Politics

Extending unrestricted Sunday trading beyond the summer would be a "major breach of trust" by the Government, a Tory MP warned today amid reports mini...

Sunday Trading: An Olympian Error

Rob Carr | Posted 27.06.2012 | UK Politics
Rob Carr

This government continues to put the economy before people, assuming that serving the economy will automatically serve the common good. Time and again, that's been disproved. And time and again, voters have shouted about putting people first. Politicians ignore those shouts at their peril.

Shopworkers Say No To London 2012 Trading Law Changes

PA | Posted 16.04.2012 | UK

Most shopworkers oppose the government's decision to suspend Sunday trading laws for eight weeks during the Olympic Games this summer, according to a ...

Goodbye to Lazy Sundays

Vincent McAviney | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Politics
Vincent McAviney

Ahead of this Wednesday's budget the Chancellor George Osborne announced last weekend that he was set to propose emergency legislation so large shops in England and Wales can trade for more than six hours.

Sunday Trading Laws To Be Relaxed During Olympics

PA | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Politics

Sunday trading laws will be suspended during the London 2012 Olympics in a bid to cash in on the Games, Chancellor George Osborne is expected to annou...