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Instead of funding flights of fantasy to Africa the money would have been better spent tackling the gangs behind the Channel crossings and clearing the backlog of asylum cases

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the “right to strike has to be balanced with the right of the British public to be able to go about their lives without suffering completely undue disruption”

The former Health Secretary endured two days of questions at the Covid Inquiry where he was interrogated on deaths in care homes and the decisions to impose lockdowns

Christmas is the season of giving, but one woman has revealed that she will be charging guests £150 each for the festive meal - and we want to know your thoughts on the topic

The TUC and Tax Justice UK have issued a last minute plea urging the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, not to slash inheritance tax in the Autumn Statement on Wednesday

Shani Dhanda, the most influential disabled person in Britain has spoken out against shocking new figures that show people with disabilities are both more likely to be unemployed and, when in work, earn less than able-bodied people.

A major meeting takes place today in Manchester where Northern business and transport leaders will discuss how they want the regional railway to look after the Tories' HS2 debacle

Keir Starmer said the country wanted the PM to 'stop messing around' as he accused him of setting out a 'recipe for Britain’s decline' on a day described as a 'new low'

Minimum service levels, restricting rights to strike, will be introduced for ambulance, rail and Border Force staff, but unions have claimed they are 'unworkable'

The plant at Scunthorpe is the latest to come under the shadow of redundancies as the sector aims to slash carbon emissions by closing coal-fired blast furnaces

The TUC claimed up to 3.5million people are at risk of being left worse off if ministers 'meddle' with rules on holiday pay in a way that punishes those who do overtime

Bankers were paid more than £13billion in bonuses in 2008, on the eve of the financial crisis, and the bid to further enrich the UK’s bankers was announced by Kwasi Kwarteng

A study by the TUC found BME women aged in their 30s were hardest hit as it demanded the Government introduce flexible childcare and fix the staffing crisis in social care

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham pressed for action from the Government to help workers and their families through another winter of struggling to cope with rising bills

Office for National Statistics data shows average wages rose at an annual rate of 7.8% between June and August - but, for many workers, pay still lags behind inflation

Labour leader Keir Starmer defiantly set out his pitch to become PM after a glitter-throwing protester attempted to disrupt his party conference speech in Liverpool

Angela Rayner achieved a standing ovation and rapturous laughter as she joked Rishi Sunak was the Ken to Liz Truss's Barbie world as she declared Labour is 'hungry for change'

Rishi Sunak, who was then Chancellor, also ignored warnings by the Government’s senior scientific and medical advisors, Sir Patrick Vallance and Sir Chris Whitty, the Covid-19 Inquiry heard

The TUC warned Britain’s manufacturing heartlands are losing out because of Rishi Sunak's 'incoherent' and 'reckless' strategy after the PM announced a bonfire of climate plans

Unions backed a motion urging 'non-compliance and non cooperation' with the Tory Strikes Act, creating a policy of defiance against the legislation passed in July

Tories have long hated trade unions but their anti-strike laws are an attempt to browbeat workers into subservience and they have now been reported to a UN rights watchdog

The TUC congress in Liverpool will see bold arguments put forward for solving Britain's economic problems - including a host of progressive tax policies, writes Kevin Maguire

As part of the “biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation”, Deputy Leader Angela Rayner is set announce outdated regulations would be updated to cover new, underhanded tactics from rogue bosses

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said the Tories had allowed the rich to feather their nests while families struggle with bills and cash-strapped public services buckle

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said the mega-rich PM had lost sight of people's priorities because he isn't forced to send his kids to crumbling schools or use the rail network