employment Articles

The radical 1945 Labour government built the welfare state to address the five giant evils that William Beveridge saw in Britain’s industrial society. The next Labour government needs to build a new welfare state that moves beyond Beveridge’s five giants to address...

The first step towards recovery is admitting there is a problem, the second step is trying to address that issue. While the first step is often the hardest – it is usually the catalyst for making change happen. However there is one problem that has been in the...

After years of personal teeth gnashing over the disastrous policy of employment tribunal fees, it is encouraging to see that the Labour party has promised to abolish them if elected in May. In its workplace manifesto launched on 1 April Labour states unequivocally...

In 2014 there were two million single parents with dependent children – that is nearly one in four households with children – and this figure is growing. Single parent families are being hit harder than almost any other group by this government's policies. Single...