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Prime Minister Keir Starmer returns to 10 Downing Street, London, after attending Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, February 12, 2025
LEADERS of Labour-affiliated trade unions have appealed to the government to stand firm on workers’ rights and deliver on the promises contained in the party’s general election manifesto.
Figures show that businesses have been slashing jobs at the fastest rate in more than four years.
An open letter, signed by the leaders of Aslef, Community, the Communication Workers Union, the Fire Brigades Union, GMB, the Musicians Union, National Union of Mineworkers, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association, Unison and Unite, notes that, following years of austerity and falling living standards, the country had voted for change.
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP