Commenting on the latest unemployment figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Commenting on the latest inflation figures published today (Tuesday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which show that RPI inflation fell to 5.4 per cent and CPI to 5 per cent in October, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Remuneration reports drew the greatest opposition from institutional investors yet bank remuneration reports were widely supported, according to the latest TUC fund manager voting survey published today (Tuesday).
Employees spend nearly 200 hours a year travelling to and from work – adding up to around five weeks extra work – according to a TUC analysis of official statistics published today (Monday) to mark the start of Work Wise UK's Commute Smart week (14-18 November).
Commenting on calls from business leaders that the Chancellor should speed up plans to scrap the 50p income tax rate, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
TUC Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady is today (Wednesday) visiting the Midlands as part of a nationwide tour to see at first hand the impact of government spending cuts upon jobs and services across the UK.
Youth unemployment has increased in 97 per cent of local authority areas in the UK in the last 12 months, according to a TUC analysis published today (Tuesday) ahead of the latest official unemployment statistics out next week (Wednesday 16 November).
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will be in Cannes, France, for the G20 from tonight (Wednesday) until Friday afternoon, where he will call for investment in jobs and a Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions to curb financial excess.
A meeting of the TUC's Public Services Liaison Group (PSLG) at Congress House in London today (Wednesday) agreed the following statement:
“At the meeting earlier today Danny Alexander and Francis Maude outlined a number of new proposals to the TUC negotiating team, including an improvement in the proposed accrual rates within the major public service schemes compared to their previous position, and new proposed transitional protections for those closest to retirement. They also indicated a long-term commitment to any agreed reforms not being reopened within the next 25 years.
Household spending has now been falling for 12 months and is a key drag on the UK's economic growth, the TUC says ahead of the first estimate of GDP growth in the third quarter of 2011 due to be published later today (Tuesday).