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Unemployment has risen while pay growth slows as experts warn of ‘cooling’ jobs market
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Employment

Unemployment has risen while pay growth slows as experts warn of ‘cooling’ jobs market

Government told it 'must do much more to boost living standards' as unemployment rises to 4.3% in the three months up to September
Millions of lost jobs or a four-day working week? The impact of AI on the job market is complicated
Artificial Intelligence

Millions of lost jobs or a four-day working week? The impact of AI on the job market is complicated

Disabled people losing jobs and 'falling out of work' due to months-long waits for DWP support
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Disability rights

Disabled people losing jobs and 'falling out of work' due to months-long waits for DWP support

Pay boost for millions as Labour raises minimum wage to £12.21 an hour – but is it enough?
Minimum wage

Pay boost for millions as Labour raises minimum wage to £12.21 an hour – but is it enough?

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?
real living wage

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?

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DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here's why it's a 'dangerous' idea
Employment

DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here's why it's a 'dangerous' idea

Yes, Labour's workers' rights bill is an upgrade. But the UK still has a lot of catching up to do
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Tony Dobbins

Yes, Labour's workers' rights bill is an upgrade. But the UK still has a lot of catching up to do

'Biggest upgrade to worker rights' or 'chaotic rush job'?: Labour's employment rights bill, explained
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, and Luke Charters, Labour’s candidate for York Outer, speak to apprentices at Persimmon Homes Germany Beck in York.
Employment rights bill

'Biggest upgrade to worker rights' or 'chaotic rush job'?: Labour's employment rights bill, explained

What to expect from Labour's plans for workers' rights – and why the 'devil will be in the detail'
Employment Rights Bill

What to expect from Labour's plans for workers' rights – and why the 'devil will be in the detail'

This factory once made every single Rolo in the world. Its decline is a warning for UK's leaders
Some rolos are arranged in a line graph in front of the Tyne bridge
Industry

This factory once made every single Rolo in the world. Its decline is a warning for UK's leaders

Home Kitchen: Inside the world's first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs
Homelessness

Home Kitchen: Inside the world's first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they're burned out and yearning for joy
Work

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they're burned out and yearning for joy

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?
ai
Artificial Intelligence

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?

No, unions are not 'holding the country to ransom'
Trade Unions

No, unions are not 'holding the country to ransom'

Three-quarters of Labour voters back a four-day working week: 'Brits are burnt out'
Four-Day Working Week

Three-quarters of Labour voters back a four-day working week: 'Brits are burnt out'

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: 'This is extremely worrying'
DWP
Benefits

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: 'This is extremely worrying'

Job market 'cooling' to pre-pandemic levels, experts say, as unemployment slowly falls
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Employment

Job market 'cooling' to pre-pandemic levels, experts say, as unemployment slowly falls

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it's a lonely thing to go through
scott and hayley after brain injury
Health

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it's a lonely thing to go through

'An act of desperation': GPs vote for industrial action for the first time in 60 years
Employment

'An act of desperation': GPs vote for industrial action for the first time in 60 years

Employees working through sickness is costing UK businesses billions, think tank says
Sick leave

Employees working through sickness is costing UK businesses billions, think tank says

GPs threaten to bring 'NHS to a standstill' with industrial action as junior doctors reach pay deal
NHS

GPs threaten to bring 'NHS to a standstill' with industrial action as junior doctors reach pay deal

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Emilia Clarke: 'Hospitals will fix your brain, but the recovery process will save you'
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Emilia Clarke: 'Hospitals will fix your brain, but the recovery process will save you'

Liz Kendall wants to reform the DWP from a 'department for welfare' to a 'department for work'
Liz Kendall DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

Liz Kendall wants to reform the DWP from a 'department for welfare' to a 'department for work'

Workers blame Amazon's 'union-busting' after losing historic union vote: 'This is not the end'
Workers' rights

Workers blame Amazon's 'union-busting' after losing historic union vote: 'This is not the end'

'Huge mandate': Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds
workers' rights

'Huge mandate': Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds