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IER TUC Fringe, Sunday 11th September 2016, 7pm (or end of Congress) at the Old Ship Hotel: Regency Room

Why not come to our fringe meeting at this years TUC? The fringe theme will be around our Manifesto for Labour Law. It will be held at 7pm on Sunday 11th September in the Regency room of the Old Ship hotel.

Funding cuts will lead to "apprenticeship desert" in most deprived areas

05 September 2016

Cuts of up to 50% to apprenticeship funding could lead the most deprived areas of the UK to become an "apprentice desert", the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has said.

Govt replaces workers’ rep with employer on Health and Safety Executive

05 September 2016

The government has announced the appointment of Susan Johnson, former Chief Executive of Northern Business Forum, to a seat on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reserved for workers’ representatives. She was also previously a Director of Greggs.

Childcare 'locking mothers out of work'

02 September 2016

New mothers are significantly more likely to be unemployed than new fathers, new research from the TUC has found.

Tories ‘trying to shift focus’ from poverty to worklessness

02 September 2016

The government has been accused of trying to shift the focus away from the near seven million families living in poverty in the UK by talking about worklessness instead of income.

Tories lash out at doctors striking over ‘dangerous’ contract

01 September 2016

The Health Secretary and Prime Minister have both lashed out at the legions of junior doctors who plan to go out on strike this September in protest over a contract they believe will harm patient safety.

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