15 February, 2021
11 February, 2021
Letter to Kwasi Kwarteng from more than 20 support organisations and unions calls for existing Bill that proposes new legal protections to be expedited into law
10 February, 2021
Maternity Action also highlights how the measures in the Bill contrast with the 'ludicrously low' basic rate of both statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance
9 February, 2021
More than 13,000 recent work coach recruits included in nearly two million 'Brits' being supported into work through 'innovative' schemes
9 February, 2021 Open access
Women and Equalities Committee urges government to ‘seize opportunity’ to stop repeated ‘skewing’ of its policies towards men as it implements recovery strategies
8 February, 2021
5 February, 2021 Open access
5 February, 2021 Open access
Anneliese Dodds also calls for 'smart' reforms to the scheme, including tough conditions on employers to stop abuse and new training to support furloughed workers improve skills
1 February, 2021
29 January, 2021 Open access
HMRC figures also show that total value of claims to scheme since it was introduced in March 2020 exceeds £49 billion
29 January, 2021 Open access
Northern Ireland Economy Minister says schemes are essential and must remain in place until there are clear signs of economic recovery
28 January, 2021 Open access
DWP Minister advises that remainder of the more than 123,000 placements approved for funding will become available to jobcentres once employers provide job details and start dates
27 January, 2021 Open access
Highlighting correlation between peaks in unemployment and previously scheduled endings of the scheme, union warns of risk to jobs in failing to guarantee continuation of support 'until the eleventh hour'
27 January, 2021 Open access
New briefing finds that extending SEISS to those with less than 50 per cent of income from self-employment, and some of those with incomes of more than £50,000, would cost just 5 per cent of current spending on scheme
26 January, 2021 Open access
Direction sets out the scheme applying for the period beginning on 1 February 2021 and ending on 30 April 2021
26 January, 2021
Responding to Commons motion, Kwasi Kwarteng says 'I do not want there to be any doubt about my or the government's intentions in this area'
25 January, 2021 Open access
In addition, with reports that the DWP has approved 'gateway' companies with little to no trading history or based outside of the UK, the government announces that it is closing applications for new gateways this week
25 January, 2021 Open access
New polling from the TUC reveals that the controversial practice of 'fire and re-hire' has become widespread during the Covid-19 pandemic as has the downgrading of workers' rights
25 January, 2021
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