Employers warn of workers’ rights reform and Budget double whammy Politics Businesses are concerned about the aggregate cost of changes to workers’ rights and the cumulative impact of Budget measures, MPs have been told. The committee of MPs scrutinising the Labour government’s employment rights legislation took evidence from business groups, industry representatives and trade unions on Tuesday. And they were warned the combination of reforms to [...]
Unemployment hotspots to get more NHS funding under new back to work plan Politics Places with the highest levels of joblessness will get extra NHS support as the government bids to “get Britain working again”. Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall will announce the plans today as part of wide-ranging reforms designed to tackle economic inactivity and deliver the government’s promise to bring more than two million people back [...]
Election 2024: Benefits ‘less dignified’ than work, Starmer toughens welfare line Battle for No10 State handouts don’t deliver the “same sense of self-reliant dignity as a fair wage”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he toughens his party’s line on welfare.
Focus on health to cut ballooning welfare bill, new report argues June 20, 2024 The next government should focus on addressing underlying health conditions rather than embarking on a benefits "clampdown", a new report has argued.
Employment support needs to be a ‘top priority’ as long-term sickness hits new record June 11, 2024 New figures out today showed that 9.4m people were economically inactive in the three months to April, up nearly 400,000 on last year, with long-term sickness a major contributor.
Will Rishi Sunak’s clampdown on ‘sick note culture’ tackle long-term sickness? April 20, 2024 "Reforms to fit notes...won’t help the 2.8m people currently out of work due to their long-term health conditions," David Finch, assistant director at the Health Foundation, said.