Employment

‘It’s a vicious cycle’: Labour’s benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds
Multiple sclerosis

‘It’s a vicious cycle’: Labour’s benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds

More than half (55%) of Brits with multiple sclerosis claim PIP, including 41% who are currently working

Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
Big Issue Recruit

Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm

Big Issue Recruit will work with jobseekers to prepare them for employment with contractors working on the landmark Twyn Hywel Energy Park development

This Prince William-backed project helps homeless young people into careers: ‘I want to work my way up’
Work

This Prince William-backed project helps homeless young people into careers: ‘I want to work my way up’

Project Flourish is being rolled out across the UK locations taking part in Prince William’s Homewards project to end homelessness. We speak to one young person who went from being homeless to working in recruitment to see how it changes lives

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: ‘I was earning a living wage for the first time’
Sex work

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: ‘I was earning a living wage for the first time’

Unions are getting ‘more powerful’ as young, LGBTQ+ and disabled people eye up membership
unions

Unions are getting ‘more powerful’ as young, LGBTQ+ and disabled people eye up membership

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‘Much more stressful’: Women less likely than men to have an ‘appropriate’ work at home space
Work at home

‘Much more stressful’: Women less likely than men to have an ‘appropriate’ work at home space

Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Homelessness

Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen

British Steel could be nationalised. Here’s what that means for workers and the country
Steel

British Steel could be nationalised. Here’s what that means for workers and the country

More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job
Employment

More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?
Modern slavery

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?

DWP ‘work coach shortage’ could undermine Labour’s bid to help disabled people into work
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP ‘work coach shortage’ could undermine Labour’s bid to help disabled people into work

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?
Five years on from the pandemic

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?

The gig economy and your finances: How to make it work for you
Gig economy

The gig economy and your finances: How to make it work for you

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts

UK has some of the ‘weakest’ workers’ rights in the Western world. Can Labour fix this?
Workers' rights

UK has some of the ‘weakest’ workers’ rights in the Western world. Can Labour fix this?

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life
Employment

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life

How the miners’ strike changed the way Britain works, 40 years on
Miners' strike

How the miners’ strike changed the way Britain works, 40 years on

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms
Disability benefits

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it’s not their fault
NEET

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it’s not their fault

Foreign workers at ‘increasing risk of exploitation’ as UK sees sharp fall in work visas
Migration

Foreign workers at ‘increasing risk of exploitation’ as UK sees sharp fall in work visas

Government urged to stop using ‘personality tests’ in its hiring process: ‘Big barrier for autistic people’
Employment

Government urged to stop using ‘personality tests’ in its hiring process: ‘Big barrier for autistic people’

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Home Office visa delays leave thousands of migrants in limbo – and job vacancies unfilled
Employment

Home Office visa delays leave thousands of migrants in limbo – and job vacancies unfilled

Can Skills England plug the UK’s skills gap to give Labour the growth it craves?
Work

Can Skills England plug the UK’s skills gap to give Labour the growth it craves?

‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Workplace inclusion

‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests

Big UK businesses are slashing thousands of jobs. Just how much trouble are we in?
Jobs

Big UK businesses are slashing thousands of jobs. Just how much trouble are we in?