21 February 2020

Michael Ellis, the Solicitor General, has refused to rule out the UK’s withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights during Parliamentary questioning.

21 February 2020

Leaked emails between the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) Workforce Director, Gavin Larner, and NHS England Improvement’s Chief People Officer, Prerana Issar, have revealed the government’s much-touted plans to retain 18,500 nurses who would otherwise lose their jobs are ‘unclear’.

21 February 2020

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.

21 February 2020

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.

21 February 2020

Almost a million workers were employed on zero-hours contracts at the end of 2019, according to new Office for National Statistics data.

21 February 2020

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.