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In the Commons: ZHCs in Wales

4 March 2015

The hollow victory of falling unemployment was brought up in a debate on the labour market statistics in Wales

Sports Direct founder refuses to appear before MPs

4 March 2015

Mike Ashley has ducked out of appearing before the Scottish Affairs committee.

Barclays Boss earns 465 times that of a minimum wage earner

4 March 2015

Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins has accepted the committee’s offer of a £1.1m bonus, taking his yearly earnings to £5.5m.

Modern Slavery Bill debated in Lords

27 February 2015

This Wednesday (February 25) the Modern Slavery Bill went through report stage in the House of Lords.

Migration targets: what is the Government missing?

27 February 2015

Immigration has hit the headlines this week with the news that the government has completely failed to reach its target of reducing net annual immigration to 100,000, “no ifs, no buts” – a target that should never have been set in the first place.

5 million earn below the living wage

26 February 2015

A shocking 5 million UK workers out of a 30.6 million strong workforce earn below the living wage, TUC research has revealed.

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