Sick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6m UK workers, TUC says
Union says new entitlements, part of Employment Rights Act 2025, will help lower-income households
Starmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk
PM also criticises business figures and opponents of changes, many of which come into force on Monday
Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people
Day one rights to statutory sick pay and paternity leave begin on Monday, and that fits the pattern. From my own life, I know people’s anxieties, and I will respond, says UK prime minister Keir Starmer
Labour to back down on foie gras and fur bans to ease EU trade deal
Exclusive: Animal welfare charities ‘bitterly disappointed’ UK government plans to backtrack on manifesto promises
Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch
Cornerstone of the UK’s Employment Rights Act ‘in danger of becoming a dead duck’, says Unite boss
Trussonomics still haunts parties’ economic promises in run-up to UK local elections
Greens, Reform UK, Your Party, Conservatives and even Lib Dems are making extravagant spending pledges
Biometric checks stalled again for cross-Channel travellers
Fears of Easter chaos over scaling up of new EU border system are eased, with no facial IDs for Eurotunnel and Eurostar passengers
Lord Haskins obituary
Europhile farmer and businessman whose Northern Foods supplied ready meals to Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Waitrose
Young people ‘more likely to leave for health reasons when in low-paid, insecure jobs’
Research for TUC analyses link between job quality and economic inactivity, as UK youth unemployment rises
M&S calls for crackdown on ‘brazen, organised, aggressive’ retail crime
Bosses write to home secretary and London mayor listing series of incidents staff have faced in past week
Starmer calls on Reform to sack Simon Dudley after ‘everyone dies’ Grenfell comments
PM says Farage should ‘do the decent thing’, after new housing spokesperson’s criticism of safety regulations
Starmer calls for ‘ambitious’ new UK-EU ties as Trump threatens to quit Nato
PM to focus on European defence and economic partnership for ‘dangerous world’, in pivot away from US
Starmer’s ‘five-point energy plan’ was not a plan
Two of the points were measures on energy bills from the autumn budget, another restated the existing energy strategy
Would more North Sea drilling mean lower energy prices for UK consumers?
Kemi Badenoch claims increased UK oil and gas production would cut bills by £200, but critics say plan won’t work
Energy crisis: why ‘keep calm but cut down’ may be a better message for Labour
Government keen to avoid panic as oil price surges, but perhaps households need advice on reducing consumption