Political elections

Unemployed people in the UK will be sent to skills 'bootcamps' that will train them to fill roles where there is a shortage of workers.

Trades unions and Labour reach agreement on workers’ rights proposals after party was accused of watering down plans to please business groups.

Recruitment and Employment Confederation chief executive Neil Carberry comments on parallels between the UK and the US labour markets.

New CBI president Rupert Soames says the Labour party's proposals for workers' rights should be watered down.

The Labour party would extend equal pay legislation to cover black, Asian and minority ethnic workers and disabled people under a new Race Equality Act.

Shadow women and equalities minister Anneliese Dodds says employment tribunal claim time limit should be raised to six months.

We outline 10 employment policy pledges made at this week's Labour Party Conference 2023 in Liverpool.

Labour's shadow health secretary has said the party would offer doctors 'the pay they deserve'.

The Labour Party would introduce a genuine living wage if it were to gain power at the next general election.

Plans include a landmark Race Equality Act and mandatory disability pay gap reporting for big business, if Labour forms a government.

The Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham this week has produced plenty of headlines about political infighting, but what about the policies?

Employers may have welcomed some growth elements of the mini-Budget, but employees have been alarmed by talk of pensions failing, mortgages rising, pay stagnating and the inequality gap widening.

Sir Keir Starmer warns the government that he will triumph a fight over workers’ rights: the Labour Party “will take them on” and it “will win”.

Newly announced Prime Minister Liz Truss is considering a radical overhaul of workers’ rights including a review of the 48-hour working week.

The senior Civil Service union has angrily repudiated comments today by Conservative Party leadership and Prime Minister contender Liz Truss.