The Children’s Commissioner for England has written to EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier, pleading with him not to use children and families as a “bargaining chip” during Brexit talks.

Coca-Cola European Partners has today unveiled its new GB sustainable packaging strategy – setting out an ambition for its GB business unit to work with local and national partners to recover all its packaging so that more is recycled and none ends up as litter.

The top Brexit negotiator in Brussels shot back at Boris Johnson today after the Foreign Secretary said the EU could “go whistle” if it wants a big financial settlement.

With inflation spiking and wages stagnating, it's no wonder this has become Conservative summer of discontent.

Conservative legislation means those who don't trust the system are pulling their money out early says GMB.

UK finance release May mortgage figures.

Workers have taken another hit as new figures today revealed that earnings failed to keep pace with inflation in the second quarter of the year.

The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices (the “Review”) is underpinned by three aims: to tackle exploitation, to increase clarity on status and rights and to bring the law on employment status up to date with modern working practices.

Labour MP Albert Owen writes ahead of his parliamentary debate on 'Negotiations on future Euratom membership'. 

Self-Employed respond to the Taylor Review report. 

Given the epidemic of precarious work in the UK, this report simply does not go far enough in fixing a broken system.

Former West Country farmer & MEP, Neil Parish MP, writes in advance of the election for Chair of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, in which he is a candidate. He writes 'It’s vital that Select Committees engage with, and contribute to, the development of government policy throughout this Brexit parliament'.

Commenting on today’s release of the Taylor Review into Modern Working Practices, the NASUWT has expressed great disappointment at its failure to address the on-going exploitation of thousands of UK supply teachers by many employment agencies, whose practices continue to deny them access to their deserved employment rights and fair levels of pay.

The SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron writes ahead of her parliamentary debate calling for a full consultation with disabled people on the effect on their services of the UK leaving the EU.

The Government has "no plan" in place for leaving the European Union without striking a Brexit deal, Boris Johnson has revealed.

The Shadow Business Secretary has said she does not feel that using Uber is “morally acceptable” because of the way it treats its drivers. 

Labour MP Rachel Reeves, a candidate to chair the Business Select Committee, says the Government must use today's Taylor review to provide a "holistic solution" to the rights of the self-employed.

Trade union leaders have hit out at today’s review into employment practices for failing to shift the “balance of power” away from big companies and towards workers. 

John McDonnell has urged Conservative MPs to back Labour’s plans to lift the pay cap on public sector workers, after Theresa May invited opposition parties to put forward policy ideas. 

Two co-chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Apprenticeships, Alan Mak and Catherine McKinnell, mark the publication of the group's Annual Report which calls on schools, businesses and government to work together to promote apprenticeships as an attractive career path.

Australia's Prime Minister has said his government wants to strike a trade deal with the UK "as quickly as possible" after Brexit - but not until after they have reached a similar agreement with the EU.

The Government’s decision to support the continuation of CITB, is the right decision for our industry, but only if it is subject to fundamental reform, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

MPs and peers congregated in Parliament's Dining Room A on Wednesday afternoon at an event hosted by Japan Tobacco International (JTI) in order to ‘Take a stand against illegal tobacco’.

The boss of the Vote Leave campaign has hit out at government “morons” who argue the UK must quit an EU nuclear energy body after Brexit.