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Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during his visit to the Oval Community Centre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, to meet carers concerned about the cost of living as he continues his summer tour of the UK's nations and regions. Picture date: Wednesday August 12, 2026
Economy / 13 August 2026
Unions demand PM ‘turbo boosts’ his reindustrialisation agenda as figures show modest growth
13 August 2026
Staff members in a corridor in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) in St George's Hospital in Tooting, south-west London, January 2021
NHS Crisis / 13 August 2026
Corridor care remains at two-month high as NHS faces summer surge from heatwaves
13 August 2026
health
Workers' Rights / 13 August 2026
Nurses collapsing at work as TUC calls for maximum workplace temperature laws
13 August 2026
Australian dollars [Pic: Debora Cardenas / Creative Commons]
Workers' Rights / 12 August 2026
Australian food delivery drivers to get £16.40 minimum hourly rate
12 August 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner walk past shops during a visit to Ilkeston, Derbyshire, as part of his tour of the UK, August 11, 2026
Housing Crisis / 12 August 2026
Renters present Rayner with £20,001 cheque in protest against £20k property lobby fee
12 August 2026
Workers' Rights / 12 August 2026
Migrant workers liken zero-hour contracts to conditions during the Industrial Revolution
12 August 2026
Trade unionist Sharon Graham the general secretary of Unite, delivers a speech during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool, September 29, 2025
Trade Unions / 12 August 2026
Graham re-elected as Unite general secretary with two-thirds of the vote
12 August 2026
Students arrive for the Trinity May Ball at Cambridge University's Trinity College, June 22, 2026
Tribunal / 12 August 2026
Cambridge University ‘tried to shut down whistleblower’
12 August 2026
HeatStrike
Editorial / 11 August 2026
Heat strikes are a warning — we must change to adapt to a hotter world
11 August 2026
A view of signage for HM Treasury in Westminster, London
Workers' Rights / 11 August 2026
Treasury ‘materially contributed’ to worker's death, coroner says
11 August 2026
Workers' Rights / 10 August 2026
Probation officers expected to back strikes over early release scheme workloads
10 August 2026
Mercedes Villalba
Britain / 10 August 2026
Former MSP completes 500-mile ‘solidarity’ pilgrimage
10 August 2026
Tristram Hunt arriving for the V&A East Museum opening event at the museum in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, east London, April 14, 2026
Workers' Rights / 10 August 2026
Unions brand V&A director Tristram Hunt ‘disrespectful’ for not attending strike talks
10 August 2026
Workers' Rights / 10 August 2026
Delays to publication of blacklisting report down to new evidence needing investigation, Inquiry says
10 August 2026
DPD
Employment rights / 9 August 2026
DPD temporary workers may have missed out on sick pay and pensions, leaked documents show
9 August 2026
West End pic
Workers' Rights / 30 July 2026
Equity members ratify new three-year West End Agreement
30 July 2026
GMB pic
Workers' Rights / 30 July 2026
Staff at Kingston and Richmond NHS Trust stage strike over payment issues
30 July 2026
Workers' Rights / 30 July 2026
Former Trafford Council whistleblower brings unfair dismissal claim
30 July 2026
Workers' Rights / 29 July 2026
Great Yarmouth faces ‘summer of rubbish’ as refuse workers to begin strikes next month
29 July 2026
Members of the Aslef union on a picket line near to Leeds tr
Workers' Rights / 28 July 2026
Train drivers could strike over lack of toilet facilities, Aslef warns
28 July 2026
A fish leaps on the weir of the River Tyne at Hexham in Northumberland as it travels upstream to spawn, September 15, 2021
Scotland / 28 July 2026
Death of young salmon farm worker ‘confirms’ union’s safety fears
28 July 2026
Daniel Gross book
Workers' Rights / 27 July 2026
A blueprint for democratic, fighting unions
27 July 2026

US-based labour and social movements authors and organisers Robert Ovetz and James Tracy interview DANIEL GROSS about his new book, Unions of Our Own: Eight Building Blocks to Change Work and the World

A lady walks through a water feature spraying a fine mist to cool off in Dover, Kent, July 8, 2026
Heatwave / 27 July 2026
More than 175,000 back calls for maximum workplace temperatures as 35°C highs loom
27 July 2026
The Royal Courts of Justice
Workers' Rights / 27 July 2026
Firms cannot charge recruits training costs that undermine national minimum wage, Court of Appeal rules
27 July 2026