Workers in south-west England hardest hit by Universal Credit cut

The south-west of England will have the highest proportion of low-income workers affected by a £20-a-week cut later this year in universal credit payments, according…

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More than 1m children from key worker families living in poverty, says TUC

More than a million children from households in the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic are living in poverty, according to new research…

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Beware scaling back UK furlough scheme too soon, warns Resolution Foundation

The strength of the UK jobs market and rates of pay has been overstated, according to new research, just as the government prepares to cut…

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Businesses may be forced to reveal pay gap between ethnic minority and white staff

Companies could be ordered to disclose any pay gap between white employees and their minority ethnic colleagues under reforms supported by Boris Johnson’s race equality…

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Covid fallout has put one in four UK adults at financial risk, says FCA

One in four adults in the UK have been left financially vulnerable as the fallout from Covid-19 drives more people into debt, according to the…

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Top UK bosses are paid 115 times more than average worker, analysis finds

Bosses of top British companies will have made more money by teatime on Wednesday than the average UK worker will earn in the entire year,…

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Four-day week would be affordable for most UK firms, says thinktank

A carefully designed four-day week could be introduced in the UK immediately and be affordable for most firms with more than 50 workers, a thinktank…

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