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| Sep 16, 2026 | Unions at loggerheads over party funding cap after blockbuster Reform donation | Trade unions have taken aim at “stratospheric” donations and the flow of “dark money into UK politics” after Reform revealed it had pocketed a staggering £72m from just two supporters.
The Trade Union Congress (TUC), which groups together s... |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Doctors union tops up £1m reserve pot for strikes | The trade union for doctors has stashed away hundreds of thousands of pounds more to fund future strike action despite posting another year of losses, new accounts reveal.
The British Medical Association (BMA), which represents over 200,000... |
| Aug 6, 2026 | TfL greenlights Wayve’s autonomous vehicles in the City | Transport for London (TfL) has granted British autonomous driving firm Wayve a licence to operate its cars in the City, a move which will see robotaxis will make their first appearance in the capital later this year.
Wayve said on Wednesday... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Battersea Power Station misreporting claims scrutinised by accounting watchdog | The City’s accounting watchdog is scrutinising claims of financial misreporting at Battersea Power Station after the former chief executive alleged he was dismissed from his role for blowing the whistle on inflated property valuations, City... |
| Jul 4, 2026 | Making Miliband chancellor would be a ‘mistake’, Trump officials warn | Senior officials in president Trump’s administration have privately warned that appointing Ed Miliband as chancellor would be a “mistake”, as speculation over who will take over from Rachel Reeves grows.
US officials told their counterparts... |
| Jul 1, 2026 | North Sea oil and renewables: The UK’s next PM faces a defining energy policy decision | Andy Burnham could face pressure over whether to expand North Sea oil drilling or prioritize renewables.
The debate comes amid energy security concerns tied to Iran, Russia’s war in Ukraine and UK fuel exposure.
Rosebank and Jackdaw are cen... |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Burnham’s choice of Chancellor will define his premiership | Economic policy is so fraught that Burnham must choose from various paths. Retaining Reeves means warmed-over Starmerism; Miliband would be a sign that the Labour Party is tacking left; and choosing Streeting would be an advertisement that ... |
| Jun 8, 2026 | Electoral reform could destroy the Labour party | Labour is playing with fire to consider electoral reform at a time when it’s share of voter support is so low, says Eliot Wilson
Electoral reform is one of those issues to which most people give little thought, but for those to whom it matt... |
| May 29, 2026 | Uber wants your journey on tape as safety concerns mount | Uber is turning passengers’ phones into in-car recording devices as the ride-hailing giant introduces a new feature allowing users to capture audio during journeys amid growing concerns around safety and identity verification.
From Thursday... |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Ex-Battersea Power Station boss takes owners to court over dismissal | The former boss of Battersea Power Station has launched legal action against the owners of the iconic London landmark after being dismissed from his role in May.
A £9bn project has transformed Battersea Power Station from a disused, decommi... |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Closed shop? Not for long: How new laws are opening doors for trade unions | The first wave of the Employment Rights Act hit the statute books last month, signalling a potential end to the decades-long decline of UK trade unions, but businesses are already feeling the turbulence, triggering a surge of work for City ... |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Water firms to get ‘MOT checks’ in regulatory overhaul | Water companies are set to receive “MOT checks” on the quality of their infrastructure in a fresh regulatory overhaul aimed at preventing crumbling pipes, mishandled sewage and unreliable services.
Utilities businesses will receive “health ... |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Uber drivers plot exodus as platform swerves ‘taxi tax’ | Uber is staring down the barrel of a potential driver exodus as members of its fleet threaten to jump ship to rival apps or return to black cabs, following a new year contractual overhaul designed to swerve a huge VAT bill.
Documents seen b... |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Lionesses make us proud to be English – perhaps for the last time | The Lionesses’ inspiring Euros victory will be a moment of joy in a summer threatening to descend into civil unrest, tensions over immigration, public sector strikes and political fragmentation that will damage social cohesion, says Alys De... |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Amazon’s £40bn investment to create nearly 10,000 jobs | Amazon will invest £40bn into the UK in the next three years as it looks to boost production and delivery capacity, creating 9,500 jobs in the UK.
The investment will provide funds to build four new robotic fulfillment centers, as well to r... |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Green light for Sizewell C as £14.2bn to go to major nuclear project as part of Spending Review | The UK’s nuclear energy capacity is set to receive a major boost after the government confirmed it would put up the funds for the Sizewell C plant, ending months of uncertainty.
Funding for the project is set to be announced by Chancellor R... |
| May 5, 2025 | Ed Miliband’s net-zero plans risk causing blackouts, says Union boss | The boss of one Labour’s largest supporting unions has urged Sir Keir Starmer to ignore the “false prophets of climate fundamentalism” and rethink the current net-zero timetable.
Writing in the Times, GMB General Secretary Gary Smith warned... |
| May 2, 2025 | Airbus and Spirit: A High-Stakes Game of Supply and Demand | In the world of aviation, alliances can shift like the wind. Airbus has recently made a bold move, acquiring certain assets from Spirit AeroSystems as part of a complex deal involving Boeing. This transaction is not just a financial maneuve... |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Unions warn on jobs as Airbus reaches Spirit Aero factory deal | Unions warn on jobs as Airbus reaches Spirit Aero factory deal
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| Apr 9, 2025 | The Steel Dilemma: A Crucial Crossroad for Britain’s Industry | The fate of British Steel hangs in the balance. The Scunthorpe plant, the last bastion of steelmaking in the UK, faces an uncertain future. Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, has stated that “all options are on the table” regarding its p... |
| Apr 8, 2025 | British Steel: ‘All options on table’ over nationalising Scunthorpe, Starmer says | The UK is keeping “all options on the table” over the potential nationalisation of the Chinese-owned British Steel plant in Scunthorpe, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
The Prime Minister insisted he understood the importance of the plant, which ... |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Asda's Road to Recovery: A Long Journey Ahead | Asda, the UK supermarket giant, finds itself at a crossroads. Once a leader in the grocery sector, it now grapples with declining market share and internal turmoil. The company’s new executive chairman, Allen Leighton, is back in the saddle... |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Asda: ‘It’s going to take time to rebuild’ says new boss | UK supermarket giant Asda has dominated headlines for the last year for a host of different reasons: turmoil at the top, declining market share and issues with a significant IT upgrade.
The grocer’s market share fell 5.8 per cent between De... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | In Starmer’s Downing St, some unions are more welcome than others | |
| Jun 20, 2024 | GMB urges Amazon Coventry workers to vote for historic union recognition | The month-long ballot process began after the Central Arbitration Committee granted the GMB the right to hold a legally binding vote. Amazon had previously rejected a voluntary recognition request.
If successful, the GMB would gain the righ... |
| Aug 30, 2023 | Wilko: Union warns that job losses could be announced on Thursday | Job losses at Wilko could reportedly be announced as soon as Thursday, after an offer to buy the entire 400-strong estate failed to pass “basic checks”, members from the GMB Union have warned. |
| May 30, 2023 | Asda to expand convenience store empire with EG Group deal | Asda, a British supermarket group, agreed to buy most of convenience retailer EG Group’s U.K. and Ireland business for around $2.8 billion.
Why it matters: This would create a gas station and convenience store giant, with around £30 billion... |
| Jan 25, 2023 | A striking Amazon warehouse worker says the company treats its robots better than its human staff | An Amazon warehouse worker told the BBC the company's robots are treated better than human staff.
More than 300 workers at a UK Amazon warehouse took part in a strike Wednesday, the GMB union said.
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| Jan 25, 2023 | A striking Amazon warehouse worker says the company treats its robots better than its human staff | Amazon warehouse workers in Coventry, UK, are striking over pay. ane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images
An Amazon warehouse worker told the BBC the company's robots are treated better than human staff.
More than 300 workers at a UK Amaz... |
| Jan 25, 2023 | Amazon Faces First-Ever UK Strike | Amazon is facing its first-ever strike in the UK, with hundreds of workers at its Coventry warehouse announcing strike dates.
While Amazon is notorious for its efforts to combat unionization, unions in other countries are far more common th... |
| Aug 10, 2022 | Deliveroo eyeing Netherlands exit as losses and challenges grow | Another European market exit looks to be on the cards for U.K.-based on-demand food delivery startup, Deliveroo, which says it’s consulting on shutting down its service in the Netherlands.
The platform’s service footprint currently spans 11... |
| May 23, 2022 | Amazon snooping on delivery drivers while they work with 'creepy' AI cameras | TechAmazon snooping on delivery drivers while they work with 'creepy' AI cameras
Amazon is being criticised by privacy campaigners for its "excessive, intrusive and creepy" use of AI cameras in its delivery vans - it... |
| Jul 26, 2021 | After a man dressed as Spiderman kicked a store worker in the throat, unions call on the UK government to beef up laws protecting retail staff | Video footage of the incident shows a man, dressed as Spider-Man, kicking a female Asda employee in the throat. @ca99832245/Twitter
A UK union called for tighter laws to protect retail workers after a brawl in a London store.
A man dressed ... |
| May 27, 2021 | Shareholder activists demand reforms from Amazon, Google, and Facebook | Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream.
Investors and activists are presenting Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter with a list of shareholder resolutions... |
| May 27, 2021 | Shareholder activists demand reforms from Amazon, Google, and Facebook | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Investors and activists are presenting Alphabet, ... |
| Nov 27, 2020 | Amazon workers and activism groups are staging Black Friday protests around the world, while the company tries to placate workers with $300 holiday bonuses | Garment workers in Bangladesh join the ‘Make Amazon Pay’ protests on Black Friday. Sommilito Garment Sramik Federation
A coalition of Amazon workers, unions, and activism groups protested Amazon on Black Friday.
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| Nov 27, 2020 | Amazon workers and activism groups are staging Black Friday protests around the world, while the company tries to placate workers with $300 holiday bonuses | A coalition of Amazon workers, unions, and activism groups protested Amazon on Black Friday.
The "Make Amazon Pay" group gave the company a list of demands that included raising workers' pay, putting an end to union-busting, ... |
| Nov 23, 2018 | Amazon warehouse workers in Europe stage ‘we are not robots’ protests | Amazon warehouse workers in several countries in Europe are protesting over what they claim are inhuman working conditions which treat people like robots. It’s the latest in a series of worker actions this year.
They’ve timed the latest pro... |
| Oct 30, 2018 | Uber back in court in UK to argue against workers rights for drivers | Uber is back in court in the UK today and tomorrow to try once again to overturn a two year old employment tribunal ruling that judged a group of Uber drivers to be workers — meaning they’re entitled to workers benefits such as holiday pay,... |
| Jun 4, 2018 | Amazon latest to face UK complaint over ‘bogus self-employment’ | Amazon is the latest tech giant to be targeted by a legal challenge in the UK related to gig economy working practices.
The UK’s GMB Union is filing suit on behalf of couriers for three delivery companies used by Amazon — accusing the suppl... |
| Feb 20, 2018 | 750 KFCs in Britain are closed because of a chicken logistics crisis | Advertisement
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A closed sign outside a KFC restaurant in Coalville, England.
Around 80% of Britain's KFC locations are shut due to a lack of chicken.
New distributors working for KFC have been unable to get suffic... |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Uber loses its license to operate in London | In a huge blow to Uber in the UK London’s transport regulator has rejected its application to renew its license to operate in the city.
In a statement today TfL said it has concluded that Uber is “not fit and proper to hold a private hire o... |
| May 30, 2017 | Anatomy of a very British Airways IT cockup | Enlarge
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| Aug 24, 2015 | Understanding the Amazonian workplace – it’s the law of the jungle | In virtually every science fiction novel or film, there is an evil corporation which dominates the world – from LexCorp in the Superman franchise to Weyland-Yutani in Alien. Their masterminds tend to hide their ambitions behind stretched sm... |
| Jul 29, 2015 | UK union wants Uber to employ its drivers, give them holiday pay | reader comments 24 with 18 posters participating
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| Amazon Pay Rise: prime time or too little too late? | Amazon has confirmed it will raise minimum pay for warehouse staff and delivery drivers by 9.8%, two months after it was criticised for its alleged response to trade union membership.
The payday jackpot will bring the minimum wage for the e... |
| Retailers may need to boost wages to deliver a good customer experience | The landscape: While retailers struggle to keep costs in check, they’re also having to consider raising wages to attract and retain workers given the tight labor market. Moreover, without adequate staffing, they may not be able to deliver a... |
