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Bank lending must more than double to meet UK investment needs, TUC warns
Total bank lending to firms outside of finance and real estate must more than double in order to meet the investment needs of the UK economy over the next decade, says a TUC report published today (Thursday), ahead of a seminar on the future of banking at its central London headquarters this afternoon.

2 February 2012


Final building blocks for auto-enrolment regime
The TUC has today (Wednesday) welcomed the publication of the DWP response to the consultation on the final regulations to implement the auto-enrolment regime.

1 February 2012


TUC on IFS pay and pension findings
Commenting on the Institute for Fiscal Studies' (IFS) analysis of the impact of changes to public sector pensions and pay published today (Tuesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

31 January 2012


Health workers and patients rally to save the NHS
Unions representing hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals and workers from across the NHS are to step up the pressure on peers with a central London rally as the Health and Social Care Bill enters its final crucial parliamentary stages.

30 January 2012


Shrinking wage pool costs workers £60bn a year
The falling proportion of national output that goes on wages has meant that UK workers today are taking home £60bn a year less (in today's money) than workers did 30 years ago, according to a new report published today (Monday) by the TUC.

30 January 2012


TUC on RBS pay announcement
Commenting on the announcement today (Friday) from the board of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group concerning the pay of Stephen Hester, its Group Chief Executive.

27 January 2012


Holocaust Memorial Day is opportunity to end to discrimination, says TUC
The TUC is calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) today (Friday). HMD is held on the 27 January every year – on the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, where 1.6 million men, women and children were killed in the Holocaust.

27 January 2012


Delay to pension auto-enrolment is deeply disappointing
Commenting on the new timetable for the staging of auto-enrolment, announced today (Wednesday) in a written ministerial statement, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

25 January 2012


Chancellor's economic strategy is going horribly wrong
Commenting on the first estimate of GDP growth published today (Wednesday) for the last quarter of 2011, which showed the economy shrunk by 0.2 percentage points, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

25 January 2012


GDP per person set to decline in 2012
GDP per person is likely to fall in 2012 and will not return to pre-recession levels until 2016, the TUC says today (Wednesday) ahead of the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) first estimate of economic growth in the last quarter of 2011.

25 January 2012


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