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The Employment Rights Act introduces major reforms to UK employment law, with changes being implemented in stages from December 2025 through to 2027.
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TUC calls for Timms Review to deliver “genuine reform” of PIP - as disabled people twice as likely to be unemployed
In its submission to the Timms Review into Personal Independence Payment (PIP), the union body says that the benefit is crucial for disabled people to get into and stay in work, but warns that in its current state is not working as intended.
18 May 2026
TUC statement on revised EHRC Equality Act Code of Practice
TUC statement regarding the Equality and Human Rights Commission recently published revised Equality Act 2010 Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations.
22 May 2026
Unions call on Reform to “honour their promise” to re-open Doncaster-Sheffield Airport with “thousands of jobs on the line”
Unions have today (Wednesday) called on the Reform‑controlled Doncaster Council to “honour their promise” to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport, warning that thousands of jobs and billions of pounds in regional growth are now at risk.
29 Apr 2026
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