Government is considering using agency workers to replace striking staff during one of the largest rail strikes in history, set to take place next week.

The number of workers on Universal Credit (UC) has increased by 1.3 million since the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, a rise of 130%.

Branches of Waterstones and Matalan are among 208 businesses called out by the government this week for failing to pay employees the minimum wage between 2014 and 2019.

The Scottish government is considering plans to introduce a minimum income guarantee (MIG).

The Scottish government is considering plans to introduce a minimum income guarantee (MIG).

The UK government has named and shamed companies 200 companies which have underpaid their workers, totalling £1.2 million to over 34,000 people.

As the UK waits to hear if parliament will approve Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, research reveals that uncertainty has already taken its toll on salaries

As further increases to commuting costs are announced, experts call on employers to help ease the financial burden on workers

?The vote to leave the European Union has already cost the average worker more than a week’s wages thanks to higher prices, according to research

Eighty per cent of workers experience fluctuating pay packets, with low-paid workers most at risk, according to research from the Resolution Foundation

?Working parents with children under five have seen nursery fees rise three times faster than their wages over the past decade, according to the TUC