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UK Brexit lead confirms no level playing field, and no jurisdiction for the ECJ
Boris Johnson’s chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, has confirmed that the UK will reject any level playing field provisions on regulations such as workers’ rights and environmental protections, and that it will not accept any oversight from the European Court of Justice.
Record number of workers now on zero-hours contracts
Almost a million workers were employed on zero-hours contracts at the end of 2019, according to new Office for National Statistics data.
Priti Patel launches bid to block migrants and fill their jobs with ‘inactive’ Brits
Home Secretary, Priti Patel, this week confirmed the government’s intention to implement a points-based immigration system in post-Brexit UK, telling critics that jobs left vacant from reduced migration will be filled with those who are currently “economically inactive” – largely due to sickness and disability.
Plan to retain 18,500 nurses ‘unclear’ – and possibly watered down – govt emails reveal
Leaked emails have revealed the government’s much-touted plans to retain 18,500 nurses are ‘unclear’.
GMB calls for parliamentary inquiry into “hellish” conditions at Amazon
The GMB union has called for MPs to launch an inquiry into conditions at the warehouses of online retailer Amazon after hundreds of workers were seriously injured.
Downing St faces unfair dismissal claim after aide frogmarched out of her job by armed police
An aide sacked by Dominic Cummings then bundled out of Downing Street by armed police has launched an unfair dismissal claim against the government.
Solicitor General refuses to rule out UK rejection of international human rights standards
Michael Ellis, the Solicitor General, has refused to rule out the UK’s withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights during Parliamentary questioning.
Economic inequality driving “populist” politics, UN says
The United Nations (UN) has blamed decades of economic inequality for a rise in so-called “populist” politics, the title often given to the strategies employed by Donald Trump and Boris Johnson.
Govt to reduce migrant salary threshold to £25,600
The government plans to reduce the salary threshold for migrants taking up jobs in the UK to £25,600 from £30,000, the BBC has reported.
Over 2,000 lollipop men and women cut since 2010
More than 2,000 lollipop men and women have lost their jobs since 2010, when a Conservative-led government first came into power.
Outsourced workers win fight to rejoin NHS
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has agreed to bring 1,000 outsourced workers back into State employment after three decades of employment by private contractors.
Millions of working people trapped in poverty, new report reveals
Millions of working people are trapped in poverty despite record-high levels of employment because employers are not offering the wage levels and hours required to cover the cost of living.
