Welfare and Society
The TUC believes in full employment and work for all those who want it, but those who cannot work should get decent benefits that lift them out of poverty. Here is research and policy on welfare and work issues. You can find older material by using the search facilities.
3.8
million children live in poverty in the UK today, thats one in three children
- a shocking figure given the wealth of our nation.
The campaign to End Child Poverty includes children's and other charities,
social justice groups, faith-groups, trade unions, businesses and many others
concerned about the unacceptably high levels of child poverty in the UK who
are working together for change. Visit their website at http://www.endchildpoverty.org.uk/
The most recent documents available on this subject are:
Long way to go before UK has a healthy jobs market, warns TUC
Commenting on the latest unemployment figures, published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
20 January 2010
Top professions and universities should be filled with the best people, not the richest
Commenting on the Government response to the Final Report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Professions, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
18 January 2010
Universal Job Guarantee would stop years of long-term unemployment
A coalition of labour market experts are today (Monday) calling on the Government to introduce a Universal Job Guarantee for anyone out of work for more than 12 months to prevent long-term unemployment rising for years after the recession ends.
18 January 2010
Take the electoral reform test.
Based on our new report 'Getting it in proportion: Trade unions and electoral reform', we've developed an online test to help you find which of the possible electoral systems would be closest to your own wishes.
15 January 2010
Number of people spending second Christmas on the dole will double
The number of people spending their second successive Christmas on the dole will double to over 200,000 this year, a TUC analysis of labour market statistics reveals today (Wednesday).
23 December 2009
Mixed unemployment signals show economy is still on a knife edge, says TUC
Commenting on the latest unemployment figures, published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
16 December 2009
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