Mitie in industrial relations mess and should be barred from Interserve contracts, says Unite
Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, is warning that outsourcing giant Mitie should be barred from acquiring contracts from Interserve due to its woeful treatment of its workforce and its very poor industrial relations record...
Monday, 25 March 2019 09:46
Frank Field MP proposes reform programme to end rampant injustice in the gig economy
Frank Field MP today proposes a reform programme, relating to employment law and its enforcement, with the objective of ending the rampant injustice that afflicts all too many workers in the gig economy...
Monday, 25 March 2019 09:25
Financial Services optimism plunges at the fastest pace since the financial crisis - CBI/PwC
Sentiment and volumes are deteriorating sharply in the financial services sector, with various indicators at their lowest since the Financial Crisis of 2008, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey...
Monday, 25 March 2019 00:01
Broadbad - Largest providers still failing to connect with customers: Which? Survey
The latest Which? broadband satisfaction survey reveals that customers with the UK’s largest providers are the most likely to be getting a bad deal...
Monday, 25 March 2019 00:01
Universities told to end grade inflation
Universities must end the steep-rise of ‘unjustifiable’ first class degrees to maintain the UK university sector’s world class reputation, Education Secretary Damian Hinds has said today...
Sunday, 24 March 2019 20:53
Labour pledges to end the scandal of outsourcing services involving contact with people 'at risk'
After a string of outsourcing disasters across whole swathes of Britain’s public services, Labour today outlines new guidelines for central and local government managing contracts...
Sunday, 24 March 2019 20:44
Tory fracking dash equivalent to the lifetime emissions of 300 million cars, says Labour research
New research from Labour released to coincide with a visit by Jeremy Corbyn to Lancashire, has found that Tory plans to force through dangerous fracking...
Sunday, 24 March 2019 20:37
Urgent Question (Commons) on Emergency Summit on Knife Crime - Mar 22
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)(Urgent Question): To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on her emergency summit on knife crime...
Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:02
Urgent Question (Commons) on Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC Inquiry - Mar 22
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury) (Lab)(Urgent Question): Thank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker...
Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:01
Urgent Question (Commons) on European Council: Article 50 Extension - Mar 22
Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union to make a statement on the extension to the article 50 process agreed at the European Council summit on 21 March...
Saturday, 23 March 2019 12:54