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The Employment Rights Act introduces major reforms to UK employment law, with changes being implemented in stages from December 2025 through to 2027.

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TUC submission Autumn Budget 2025

The UK faces an unprecedented set of economic and social challenges: years of poor growth, falling living standards and decimated public services. The drivers include reckless reductions in public capital investment and public service spending; a bad Brexit deal; and a lack of any genuine industrial or labour market policy under the previous Conservative government.

Geoff Tily - 16 Nov 2025
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TUC and unions in Turkey call for trade talks to be suspended

The TUC welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Department for Business and Trade consultation on an updated UK- Türkiye trade deal.

- 15 Jan 2024
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Benefit levels in the UK

The UK’s benefits system has been dramatically weakened after harsh cuts since 2010. Over a decade of austerity, including benefit caps and freezes, a punitive sanctions regime and the introduction of the five-week wait for Universal Credit, has pushed working families into debt and poverty.

Anjum Klair - 24 May 2023
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