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Sir Ken Knight's report provides cover for more damaging fire service cuts, warns TUC
The government has commissioned Sir Ken Knight's report into the fire service simply to provide cover for a further round of damaging cuts to the fire and rescue service, warns the TUC today (Friday).

17 May 2013

Home-working on the increase despite the recession, says TUC
The number of people working from home has increased by 13 per cent in the last five years, according to a new TUC analysis of official figures published today (Friday) to mark National Work From Home Day, organised by WorkWise UK.

17 May 2013

Unemployment higher today than when coalition took office, says TUC
Responding to the latest unemployment figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

15 May 2013

New pensions consensus needs further changes to deliver adequate retirement incomes, says TUC
The Pensions Commission has given the UK the opportunity to build a new progressive pensions consensus, but contribution levels need to increase and structures need to work more in the interest of consumers so that they receive adequate retirement outcomes, according to a new TUC report published today (Wednesday).

15 May 2013

Household incomes in the UK are falling behind their European neighbours
Commenting on figures published today (Tuesday) by the Office for National Statistics which show that the average household incomes in the UK have fallen from 5th to 12th among advanced economies between 2005 and 2011, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

14 May 2013

UK has a shortfall of 395,000 jobs for young adults, says TUC
People aged 18-24 are far less likely to be in work today than before the recession and 395,000 more jobs are needed before youth unemployment rates return to their 2008 level, according to a TUC analysis published today (Tuesday).

14 May 2013

£30bn infrastructure spend could boost growth and reduce long-term debt levels
Investing £30bn in infrastructure projects over the next two years would both boost growth in the short term and increase the UK's potential economic output over the longer term, according to new research published today (Monday) by the TUC and NIESR.

13 May 2013

TUC welcomes Pensions Minister's move on pensions charges
Responding to the announcement today (Friday) by Pensions Minister Steve Webb that he is to ban consultancy charging and consult on a cap on charges within pensions used for auto-enrolment, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

10 May 2013

Doubling the wages of a Bangladeshi textile worker would add just 2p to the cost of a t-shirt, says TUC
As the death toll in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh two weeks ago tops 900, the TUC has today (Friday) published figures which suggest that the reason costs are cut and wages are low in the Bangladesh textile industry has nothing to do with cash-strapped consumers demanding cheap clothes.

10 May 2013

Rap for Iain Duncan Smith on benefit cap figures from stats watchdog
The UK Statistics Authority has today (Thursday) backed the TUC's complaint that Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith was wrong to say that official statistics backed his claim that the benefits cap had caused 8,000 people to move into jobs.

9 May 2013