Until we see the end of the squeeze on living standards it will hard to talk about 'recovery' in any meaningful way.

Trade unions will deliberately seek to exploit tensions between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, the new leader of the TUC has said. Writin...

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...

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 ...

Some families could lose around 20 times more than they gain from tax changes by April next year, the TUC is warning. The body said families will h...

Most progressives will have been astounded that a Chancellor who told us in his statement that "I regard tax evasion and - indeed - aggressive tax avoidance - as morally repugnant", then went on to reward it with his most controversial policy.

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...

Who are the real dinosaurs in workplace relations? The union barons or out-of-touch Tory toffs? Whatever your view, get ready for a row about it. ...

Union leaders today stepped up their campaign to have workers on company remuneration committees, saying the move would help tackle the widening pay g...

The latest state of the jobs market will be revealed on 18 January with new unemployment figures against a backdrop of increasingly gloomy predictions...

The government and the Labour Party are being urged to overhaul England's "failing" social care system, which experts say is leaving 800,000 elderly p...

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....