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A decade on from the global financial crisis, the British economy faces increased risk of renewed recession.

New report: Decade of failed austerity report

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"Working in hospitality can be really insecure. You can be especially vulnerable if you don’t know your rights. That’s why I joined a union - they’ve got your back."

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Working class families have had enough

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UK economy has fallen into relegation zone of OECD countries since 2017 election

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Why everyone should have the right to work flexibly

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Boris Johnson's Brexit deal - a disaster for working people

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Disability employment and pay gaps 2019

This report shows that disabled people face double discrimination at work. Not only are they less likely to have a paid job but when they do, disabled people earn substantially less than their non-disabled peers.

Quinn Roache - 04 Nov 2019
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Lessons from a decade of failed austerity

This report shows how the cuts imposed after the last recession, both in the UK and in much of the developed world, harmed economic growth, with a heavy impact on workers’ pay. Overall, pay growth has halved across OECD countries in the decade since the GFC. In real terms, annual pay growth has been below one per cent a year for two thirds of countries.

24 Oct 2019
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Transparency: Flexible working and family related leave and pay policies

The TUC welcomes the opportunity to respond to the BEIS consultation on improving the transparency of employers’ flexible working and parental leave and pay policies.

11 Oct 2019
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