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Employment Rights Act

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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Important new energy support for industry must be expanded

The government has today announced important changes to its forthcoming energy cost support scheme, the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme (BICS). It will now be extended to around 10,000 energy-intensive businesses, backdated to April 2026, and partially funded by the Exchequer.

Ali Poncia

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Decarbonising high temperature ceramics production through electrification

Heat-related processes in energy-intensive industries are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and electrifying these processes - particularly at high temperatures - offers potential to reduce emissions. This is particularly valuable for the ceramics sector, where the vast majority emissions are heat related.

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Save British ceramics

The British ceramics industry stands at a critical juncture. Once a global leader, this cornerstone of Britain’s manufacturing and design heritage has seen a wave of closures and consolidation that now threatens its existence.

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Jeepney drivers leading the charge for a fair transport system future

With a mandated reduction in jeepneys, fast-approaching consolidation deadlines, and high costs to purchase eco-friendly Euro 4, 5 and 6 Jeepneys, workers were at huge risk of losing their livelihoods. NCTU realized it needed to act fast to ensure that the transition fair and inclusive.

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Workers’ cooperative fights to futureproof glass manufacturing

How glass workers established a workers’ cooperative to save livelihoods and secure local manufacturing

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Workers champion carbon capture in the cement industry

How Brevik workers helped secure the first industrial-scale CCS facility in cement and future livelihoods.

Success factors & lessons Worker engagement from the start: Workers’ unique expertise and knowledge were central from start, with close cooperation between trade unions, management and key experts. This enabled new technology to be integrated safely and quickly and built trust and ownership across the workforce. Proactive and strong union engagement: The union and its chief shop steward were proactively involved throughout and championed the project, advocating for government investment and negotiating fo

Investing in our future

In this briefing TUC sets out the “Investing in our Future” programme, composed of existing trade union proposals for clean infrastructure investments. The briefing analyses what the next government could realistically deliver in a first term.

Mika Minio-Paluello

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