What the ONS data tells us about zero-hour contracts
The number of workers on zero-hour contracts, which guarantee no working hours to staff, has risen 19 percent in the year to June to 744,000, or 2.4 percent of ...
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Unite chief Len McCluskey disputes Tory dalliance with minimum wage
Len McCluskey of Unite called for more power for trade unions as he attacked the Tories’ record on prosecuting firms that avoid paying the minimum wage, i...
Chuka Umunna calls off, er, nonexistent resistance against Jeremy Corbyn
Chuka Umunna told New Labour stalwarts on Tuesday that they must back the next leader of the Labour party, despite rumours his recently formed faction was plott...
Why SNP’s ‘double majority’ EU referendum rule shows the nats are unionists after all
Calling the Scottish National Party parochial is an exercise in tautology, but the response of the party’s Europe spokesperson Stephen Gethins MP to the r...
EU referendum question faces scrapheap over bias fears
The referendum question on Britain’s membership of the EU will likely be revised over concerns from the Electoral Commission that the outcome of the vote ...