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Boris Johnson is reported to have told ministers at an away day that they must return civil servant numbers to those of 2016, reducing overall headcount by a fifth overall.

The government has been accused of breaking its promises to improve workers’ rights, as the employment bill was excluded from...

Morrisons has rescued convenience retailer McColl's from administration, saving 16,000 jobs.

What does the P&O Ferries saga tell us about the rights of workers on and offshore in the UK?

Transport secretary Grant Shapps calls on P&O Ferries chief executive to resign but first to return furlough cash.

Union leaders have called on ministers to assume control of P&O Ferries’ passenger and freight services in the light of multiple safety failures.

Insolvency Service data on planned redundancies record large jump in February 2022.

P&O Ferries owner DP World has withdrawn from the leadership team of a freeport project because of political pressure stemming from the P&O Ferries redundancies.

A former P&O Ferries chef is taking the company to an employment tribunal, claiming unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and harassment.

At the request of ministers the Insolvency Service has begun criminal and civil investigations into the P&O Ferries redundancies.

The Nautilus Union: ‘P&O has gotten away with it. There’s no fine, there’s no legal action, there’s only words and hot air.’

The government's plan to ask UK ports to block ferries from docking if they do no pay crews the UK minimum wage would not succeed, the docks industry has stated.

Unite threatens Royal Mail with industrial action over what it claims is a ‘fire and rehire’ scheme to replace managers.

The government will publish a new statutory code on ‘fire and rehire’ tactics in a bid to clamp down on unscrupulous employers.

P&O Ferries has refused to rehire the 800 workers it has dismissed, stating it would cause the company’s collapse.