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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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Reindustrialise Britain

For forty years, the UK’s manufacturing industries and industrial communities have been structurally deprioritised by government and starved of investment. The result is an economy with a smaller industrial base, weaker productive investment and greater dependence on overseas capital than our European peers. The Government’s 2025 Industrial Strategy marked an important change of direction, but action has not yet matched the scale or breadth of the challenge to reverse deindustrialisation.

Ali Poncia - 21 Sep 2026

Industrial strategy - Research and reports

TUC Cymru Congress 2026

TUC Cymru is the voice of Wales at work. Every other year, workers from across Wales gather to decide our priorities. Each of our unions sends a delegation who debate the big issues in workplaces and pass resolutions which state our policy and priorities. This supplementary report to TUC Cymru’s 2026 Congress lists every resolution which was agreed by delegates.

Corporate Governance and responsibility - Research and reports

TUC Cymru Congress 2026

Futureproof social tariffs

TUC proposal for a crisis-proof, targeted, flexible approach to domestic energy support in 2026.

Sam Perry - 11 Jun 2026

Industrial strategy - Policy proposal

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.

Industrial strategy - Research and reports

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Industrial decarbonisation strategy – union priorities

This briefing sets out our recommendations to use the industrial decarbonisation strategy to leverage a rapid and just transition across industry.

Industrial strategy - Research and reports

TUC submission to the Industrial Strategy Green Paper

Good work should be a cornerstone aim of the strategy. The outcomes of the Industrial Strategy will primarily benefit working people where the strategy creates or maintains jobs and where it drives up job quality.

Industrial strategy - Research and reports

Consultation on creating a modern framework for industrial relations

The TUC warmly welcome this consultation on creating a modern framework for industrial relations and appreciate the opportunity to respond.

Industrial strategy - Consultation response

Recommendations for the government's Warm Homes retrofit strategy

TUC policy priorities and recommendations for the Warm Homes plan.

Sam Perry - 05 Sep 2024

Industrial strategy - Research and reports

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