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Building industry representatives have urged Hip Seng Construction, a major contractor in Hong Kong, to provide proper transitional arrangements for workers reportedly facing redundancy because of financial strains at the firm. They also highlighted the issue of wage arrears widely plaguing the sector amid sluggish business conditions, calling on Thursday for more government support to […]
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Contingency plans are underway in Whitehall for a surge in demand for state school places, amid concerns private schools will shut due to fee increases, according […]
Tackling the “scourge of femicide” in the UK will be a central part of the government’s promise to drastically reduce violence against women and girls, the minister leading the policy has said. Revealing details of one of Labour’s central missions in office for the first time, Jess Phillips said the success of the government’s target […]
More than 160 Chinese workers have been saved from “slave-like conditions” in Brazil, where they had been building an electric car factory for Chinese giant BYD, officials said Tuesday. This handout picture released by Brazils Workers Public Ministry (MPT) shows an operation that rescued 163 workers from slave-like conditions” in Brazil where they had been […]
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The UK economy was stagnant in the first three months of the new Labour government – recording no growth in the third quarter – statistics […]
Some members of the workers’ union representing more than 10,000 baristas at Starbucks in the United States have begun a five-day strike at stores in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, citing unresolved issues over wages, staffing and schedules. The strike, which started on Friday, is the latest in a series of labour actions in the […]
After almost a year of negotiations, an agreement was finally reached between the Ministry of Labour and the workers unions CCOO and UGT to slash the number of hours in the working working week from 40 hours to 37.5. The Spanish Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz said previously that reducing the working week by two and […]
Diplomats welcome Peter Mandelson’s expected appointment as next ambassador to US – UK politics live
This is from Pippa Crerar, the Guardian’s political editor, on the potholes announcements. (See 9.53am.) NEW: Transport secretary has announced £1.6bn for councils to repair roads and fix an extra 7 million potholes next year. This is the Morgan McSweeney style of government: deliver small material changes that public will notice. Same tactic he deployed […]
Reform UK looks set to win a Labour stronghold in London at the next general election in what would be a major blow to Sir Keir Starmer, polling shows. Modelling generated by Nowcast shows Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK beating Labour in Dagenham and Rainham, where Sir Keir’s party has been elected for years. The model […]
By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 07:17 GMT, 13 December 2024 | Updated: 07:39 GMT, 13 December 2024 Fears are mounting for the British economy today after a second consecutive month of falling GDP. Activity was down 0.1 per cent in October, after recording the same reduction in September. That was far worse […]