Responding to a government announcement today (Friday) that an additional 80,000 low income families are to be eligible for help with meeting the costs of childcare, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“This increase in funding is welcome and is vital to ensure that hard-working parents really are better off in work. It is also good news that those working under 16 hours will be eligible for help.
Commenting on the decision today (Thursday) by the Bank of England to boost its quantitative easing (QE) programme by injecting a further £75 billion into the economy, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Commenting on a statement released today (Thursday) by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) statement warning nurses and midwives about taking industrial action, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Responding to the Prime Minister's speech to the Conservative Party Conference today (Wednesday) TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“If the Prime Minister really felt the nation's pain, he would change course.
Commenting on the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)/Simplyhealth Absence Management survey published today (Wednesday) which says that stress is the most common cause of long-term sickness absence, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Responding to the final revision of GDP growth figures for the second quarter of 2011, published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said
Commenting on the Chancellor's speech to the Conservative Party conference today (Monday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Anyone who turns 65 after today (Friday) will no longer lose their job simply because of their age, the TUC says ahead of the end of the UK's default retirement age (DRA) tomorrow.
Around 890,000 workers, two thirds of them women, will benefit when the adult national minimum wage (NMW) increases by 15p to £6.08 per hour this Saturday (1 October), says the TUC.
Welcoming the announcement by European Commission President Barroso today (Wednesday) of a draft directive for a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: