The latest figures published today (Friday) from the Land Registry for England and Wales suggest that while it's business as usual for the wealthy, ordinary people, especially the young, are struggling to get onto the housing market, says the TUC.
A multinational UN workers football team will play the TUC and a UK MPs team on the eve of World AIDS Day (Wednesday) to highlight the power of football to improve sexual health education among players in the UK and around the world.
Commenting on the news today (Friday) that the UK Statistics Authority has rebuked the Department for Work and Pensions for “serious deficiencies” in its handling of worklessness data, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Speaking to the Wales TUC special conference later today in Cardiff (Friday) TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will say:
Commenting on comments made today (Thursday) by newly-appointed peer Howard Flight that the government's child benefit cuts give the poor more incentive to have children than the better-off, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“Howard Flight has shown himself to be an insensitive throwback to the worst of 1980s politics within days of being made a peer by the Prime Minister.
Commenting on Professor Harrington's review of the fairness and effectiveness of work capability assessments (WCAs) published today (Tuesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“The full acceptance of Professor Harrington's review on improving WCAs by the government is a very positive move.
Ministers must act to close a legal loophole which allows shipping companies to discriminate against overseas workers employed on UK ships by paying them as little as £2 an hour, maritime unions the RMT and Nautilus International, and the TUC said today (Tuesday).
Commenting on news today (Monday) that the Chancellor is planning to ditch rules drawn up by the previous government requiring UK banks to disclose bonus and salary payments above £1 million, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Commenting on news today (Monday) that the Chancellor is set today to ditch rules drawn up by the previous government requiring British banks to disclose bonus and salary payments above £1 million, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“Not only is the government failing to rein in bonuses, it's now planning to let bankers keep them secret.
Commenting on economic assistance for Ireland TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“The conditions attached to the Irish bailout – on top of the deep cuts already in place – risk setting the Irish economy back decades and will force hundreds of thousands into poverty.