Employment

Key takeaways from Labour’s manifesto pledges for work, benefits and disability rights
General election 2024

Key takeaways from Labour’s manifesto pledges for work, benefits and disability rights

World’s first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless people to open in London
Homelessness

World’s first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless people to open in London

Rishi Sunak says slashing benefits is his ‘moral mission’. But what’s moral about causing anxiety?
Benefits

Rishi Sunak says slashing benefits is his ‘moral mission’. But what’s moral about causing anxiety?

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work
Employment

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work

A Czech billionaire is buying the Royal Mail. What’s next for the iconic British institution?
Royal Mail

A Czech billionaire is buying the Royal Mail. What’s next for the iconic British institution?

We can make the four-day working week a reality – and make it work for everyone. Here’s how
Andrew Fennell

We can make the four-day working week a reality – and make it work for everyone. Here’s how

Low pay as a trainee bus driver left me desperate. I skipped meals and ended up £46k in debt
Cost of living

Low pay as a trainee bus driver left me desperate. I skipped meals and ended up £46k in debt

Deaf man awarded £50,000 after ‘oppressive’ and ‘discriminatory’ treatment by DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

Deaf man awarded £50,000 after ‘oppressive’ and ‘discriminatory’ treatment by DWP

Would devolution of the DWP be a better way of delivering benefits and welfare?
Department for Work and Pensions

Would devolution of the DWP be a better way of delivering benefits and welfare?

Will DWP’s WorkWell scheme actually help people into work – or is it an attack on disability rights?
Disability rights

Will DWP’s WorkWell scheme actually help people into work – or is it an attack on disability rights?

May 2024 train strikes: Disruption as Aslef drivers walk out – here’s everything you need to know
Train strikes

May 2024 train strikes: Disruption as Aslef drivers walk out – here’s everything you need to know

Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around
Business

Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around

Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject ‘politics of envy’
Train strikes

Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject ‘politics of envy’

Marge starts a union and fights for workers’ rights in powerful new episode of The Simpsons
TV

Marge starts a union and fights for workers’ rights in powerful new episode of The Simpsons

I’m a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty
Statutory Sick Pay

I’m a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty

I know how to make the DWP better and get more people into work – but they’re just not listening
John McDonough

I know how to make the DWP better and get more people into work – but they’re just not listening

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Train drivers to stage more strikes in May, ASLEF union announces: ‘We won’t back down’
Train strikes

Train drivers to stage more strikes in May, ASLEF union announces: ‘We won’t back down’

We need new homes to have any hope of ending UK’s housing crisis. So where are all the builders?
HOUSING

We need new homes to have any hope of ending UK’s housing crisis. So where are all the builders?

Millions of Brits think their jobs are ‘meaningless.’ Could a four-day working work week fix that?
Four-day working week

Millions of Brits think their jobs are ‘meaningless.’ Could a four-day working work week fix that?

Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off
Rail strikes

Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off