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Fact Service November 2016
Issue 47 (24/11/2016) - Hammond's first and last Autumn Statement; Disability-related sickness top issue; CitySprint latest gig economy target ; May in reverse over workers on boards ; Young face social mobility problem; Survey on risks of cleaning agents
Issue 46 (17/11/2016) - Lower housings costs keep inflation at 2.0; Unemployment falls; September boost for average earnings; UK worst in OECD for investment in transport
Issue 45 (10/11/2016) - New rates for voluntary Living Wage ; Theatre of austerity; Unions take on gig economy firms; Fall in tribunal claims ; Factory output down in third quarter ; Two families win in courts over bedroom tax
Issue 44 (03/11/2016) - Widespread benefits of union training; Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2016; Economy grows in third quarter ; Give boost to childcare, say employers ; Academies links with trustees' businesses
Issue 47
Hammond's first and last Autumn Statement (586 words)
Delivering his first Autumn Statement, the Tory chancellor, Philip Hammond, claimed that the UK is “resilient”, despite forecasts that government ...
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Disability-related sickness top issue (347 words)
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of the union reps responding to the TUC’s 2016 Equality Audit said that disability-related sickness absence was the number ... Subscribers only
City Sprint latest gig economy target (309 words)
The delivery firm CitySprint is the latest UK business to be involved in a legal dispute over the gig economy and whether it should treat its ... Subscribers only
May in reverse over workers on boards (492 words)
Prime minister Theresa May appears to have backtracked on her pledge to have workers on company boards.
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Young face social mobility problem (318 words)
Social mobility in Britain is getting worse for young people, with many trapped in low-paid jobs
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Survey on risks of cleaning agents (260 words)
New and more powerful cleaning products are becoming more and more common in the workplace — but how do the chemicals they contain affect ... Subscribers only
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Lower housing costs keep inflation at 2.0% (491 words)
In October, retail price inflation was unchanged on the previous month, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show.
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Unemployment falls (623 words)
The UK recorded a fall in unemployment in the third quarter, as the unemployment rate hit an 11-year low.
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September boost for average earnings (560 words)
In September, growth in average weekly earnings was up to 2.5% from the previous month’s revised rise of 2.1%.
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UK worst in OECD for investment in transport (448 words)
The UK ranks towards the bottom of OECD countries for capital investment in important areas of economic development, according to a recent TUC ... Subscribers only
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New rates for voluntary Living Wage (439 words)
New voluntary Living Wage rates for London and elsewhere were announced at the start of Living Wage Week.
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Theatre of austerity (429 words)
The general union Unite and its Community membership section have used the power of theatre to stimulate the debate about austerity Britain.
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Unions take on gig economy firms (445 words)
Trade unions are using the courts to take on employers in the gig economy over the bogus self-employment of the workforce.
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Fall in tribunal claims (275 words)
The TUC has condemned the huge cost of taking a tribunal which allows bad bosses to get away with discrimination and unfair treatment.
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Factory output down in third quarter (246 words)
Manufacturing output fell by 0.9% in the third quarter of the year, the first three-month period after the EU referendum vote.
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Two families win in courts over bedroom tax (356 words)
The country’s highest court, the Supreme Court, has ruled that the government discriminated against a disabled woman and her husband and a severely ... Subscribers only
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Widespread benefits of union training (406 words)
More than three-quarters of employers say union-led training programmes have a positive effect in their workplaces, according to an independent ... Subscribers only
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2016 (910 words)
Full-time average weekly earnings increased in real terms, while the gender pay gap closed by a small margin in April 2016, official figures show. ... Subscribers only
Economy grows in third quarter (258 words)
The UK economy expanded in the third quarter of the year, official figures show.
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Give boost to childcare, say employers (335 words)
Chancellor Philip Hammond should spend another £2 billion a year on childcare to get more women into work, boosting the economy as well as opening ... Subscribers only
Academies links with trustees' businesses (262 words)
More than one in three academy trusts have declared related-party transactions and paid money to businesses with links to staff and trustees.
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