Author: IER
New TUPE regulations come into effect
31 January 2014
The Coalition's new TUPE regulations came into effect today (31 January 2014), weakening protection for workers whose jobs are being transferred to a new employer.
Real wages have been falling since the 1970s and living standards are not about to recover
31 January 2014
Two pieces of research published today (31 January 2014) show that real wages have been falling since Thatcher's era in the 1980s, while weak economic recovery under the Coalition does not mean that living standards will recover just yet.
Home Office dishes out £6.5m in bonuses following mass redundancies
31 January 2014
The Home Affairs Committee has published a report on the work of the Permanent Secretary, which showed that the Home Office has paid huge bonuses to its staff despite the government making hundreds of thousands of people redundant due to the ‘financial situation’.
Labour demand apology from Tory reaction to miners’ strike
30 January 2014
Labour is asking the government to issue an apology on behalf of Margret Thatcher's administration during the 1984-85 miners' strike.
Spending cuts will hit deprived areas hardest
30 January 2014
The Labour party has claimed that the communities who will suffer most from the local government cuts will be the more disadvantaged areas in England. Statistics show that between the years of 2010/11 and 2015/16, the percentage cut in spending will rise ten times in the more deprived communities than the better off ones.
Tories refuse to apologise for plan to disrupt strike with troops
30 January 2014
The Conservative Party has refused to issue an apology on behalf of Margaret Thatcher’s government for its plans to send troops in to break up the miners’ strike and for lying to the public about the scale of pit shutdowns.
Tory wants to minimise effect of Human Rights Charter
30 January 2014
The Tory government wants to establish a clear legal precedent so that the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights only has a minimal role in British courts.
“Good chance” Tory manifesto will make it nigh impossible to strike
30 January 2014
London mayor Boris Johnson has said there is a “good chance” the Conservative Party Manifesto for 2015 will include tougher restrictions on union balloting practice, which will make it nigh impossible for workers to strike.
Woolworths victory taken to CJEU appeal
29 January 2014
A landmark victory by trade union Usdaw is being appealed against by the government at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
PDA invited to declare incompatibility between UK law and human rights
29 January 2014
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union (PDA) has been invited by the High Court to make an application for a declaration of incompatibility between UK law and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) after the union was refused recognition by Boots Management Services.
