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Postal union to decide on strikes

28.10.09
Decision on whether to press ahead with a fresh wave of postal strikes will be taken by union leaders today... more

How the sectors have been affected

23.10.09
This year it appears that retailers will be right in predicting Christmas will be tough. Top retail bosses including Topshop owner Sir Philip Green have been saying for months that talk that the recession was over looked premature. ... more

Mandelson delays workers' rights

15.10.09
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Crunch time ahead for private equity

13.10.09
The British Venture Capital Association deserves some marks for chutzpah ... more

Unions are livid at Tory pay freeze

08.10.09
Union leaders are furious about Tory plans to impose a pay freeze on public sector workers to help cut the UK’s Everest-style debt mountain ... more

Union chief warns against talk of recovery

14.09.09
Union leader will pour scorn on claims that the green shoots of economic recovery are appearing with a warning that thousands of workers are still losing their jobs every week... more

Brown invites 15 union bosses to Chequers summit

10.09.09
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'Green' protestors held after supergluing themselves together

03.08.09
Climate change activists arrested after supergluing themselves together outside a Government department ... more

Worst recession in 50 years and big slump for Labour

24.07.09
Hopes of a swift end to the recession crushed by disastrous figures showing the economy shrinking at its fastest rate on record... more

Nationwide defends 125% mortgage

09.07.09
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Strike threat forces Darling to retreat over public pay freeze

06.07.09
Alistair Darling doused fears of a pay freeze after a furious reaction from trade union leaders... more

Unemployment hits 13-year high at 2.2m

12.05.09
Hopes of a swift end to the recession were stamped out as unemployment surged to the highest level in 13 years... more

Business chiefs quick to give ‘risky’ Darling a thumbs down

22.04.09
Business leaders gave Alistair Darling’s Budget the thumbs down today within minutes... more

It’s official: Britain is the nation of deflation

21.04.09
The cost of living is falling for the first time since 1960, official figures confirmed... more

Bailout of banks to cost taxpayer £1,500,000,000,000

19.02.09
Britain's public debt went "off the Richter scale" as it was confirmed that the Government's bank bailouts had put the nation £1.5 trillion further into the red... more

Unemployment down by 1% in capital

11.02.09
Economy: The number of unemployed people in London has fallen by 1% between October and December, bucking the national trend, which saw unemployment figures soar across the country... more

Revealed: record 225,000 lost jobs in last autumn's crash

21.01.09
A record wave of redundancies swept through the economy during the autumn, official figures revealed... more

Bank of England slashes interest rates to 2%

04.12.08
The Bank of England slashed interest rates by another 1% as policymakers stepped up their battle to stave off a deep recession... more

Jobless total hits 1.82m as things get tougher for Britain

12.11.08
Unemployment hit an 11-year high of 1.82 million amid fears that the jobless total could near three million by 2010... more

Crunch sends work stress levels soaring

05.11.08
A drive to tackle soaring levels of stress in the workplace was launched amid research showing the credit crunch was putting extra pressure on staff... more

City bets on rate cut of more than a half-point

04.11.08
The City is betting the Bank of England could cut interest rates by more than half a percentage point as it fights recession... more

'Fewer long commutes as more people work at home'

28.10.08
The number of London commuters travelling for at least an hour to get to and from work fell by more than 100,000 in the last year, a survey claims... more

Shock in the City as UK economy falls off a cliff

24.10.08
City analysts warned that Britain could be facing a severe recession as ¡°truly dire¡± official figures revealed that the economy is contracting much faster than expected... more

Everybody is at risk in this recession

16.10.08
The economic crisis has pushed fears of redundancy to the forefront of every employee's mind this week... more

More please, says the TUC

08.10.08
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A million men now out of work in Britain

17.09.08
Unemployment has leapt by 81,000 to its highest level for nine years... more

Experts: A complete and utter waste of time

02.09.08
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Worst house prices fall for 18 years

28.08.08
The property market faces a full-scale collapse with house prices tumbling by more than 10 per cent a year for the first time since 1990... more

TUC digs in its heels on sexist dress rules

14.08.08
Airline bosses, City banks and West End department stores are operating "sexist" dress codes that force women staff to wear high heels, a study found... more

Unions call for rates cut to save jobs in slowdown

13.08.08
Unions have warned Gordon Brown and bank chiefs against allowing dole queues to lengthen in the battle against inflation... more

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