Alan Jones

UK

Third of employers ‘likely to make staff redundancies by start of 2027’

Research suggests that larger companies are more likely to lay off staff than smaller firms.
4 Jun 2026
Celebrity News

East London primary class is named the 'funniest in Britain' by Beano

The winners will be featured in this week’s 4,290th edition of the comic

11 Jun 2025
Business News

Boss of company that owns strike-hit Hull Trains to step down

Martijn Gilbert will step away from his position with immediate effect.
10 Jun 2025
Business News

Union membership increases in Reform-led councils

Workers are ‘flocking’ to join unions in local authorities now run by Reform, says the GMB.
9 Jun 2025
Health

Nurses to vote on pay deal amid concerns of industrial action

Around 345,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing will be asked if the pay award is enough.
9 Jun 2025
Politics

NHS spends £1.8bn a year on private firms, says GMB in call to end outsourcing

The union said the figure could be even higher as half of trusts it approached did not reveal their spending.
9 Jun 2025
London

Thousands to march on Whitehall in protest over spending cuts

The People’s Assembly said it expected thousands of trade unionists, campaigners and activists to attend the event

6 Jun 2025
UK

Bin workers in Birmingham vote to continue strikes over pay and jobs

Unite has warned the industrial action could last until December.
5 Jun 2025
Business News

New stamps to celebrate the Royal Observatory

Royal Mail released images of the 10 new stamps on the 350th anniversary of the institution.

5 Jun 2025
Business News

Sickness absence rate down to just four days a year for every worker – ONS

An estimated 148.9 million working days were lost in the UK because of sickness or injury in 2024.

4 Jun 2025
Business News

Council granted interim injunction over pickets in strike by bin workers

Members of Unite have been on all-out strike since March 11 in a row over pay and jobs in Birmingham.
24 May 2025
Business News

Union accuses Government commissioners of ‘sabotaging’ bin-strike talks

Members of the Unite union have been on all-out strike for more than two months in a row over pay and jobs.
21 May 2025
Business News

New stamps celebrate CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia

The main set of eight stamps features pictures specially commissioned for Royal Mail by British illustrator Keith Robinson.
15 May 2025
Business News

One in three employers believe AI will boost productivity, research finds

The Acas survey questioned more than 1,000 employers.
15 May 2025
Business News

Increase in candidates for jobs, study suggests

The biggest drag factor on activity is uncertainty, say recruiters.
12 May 2025
Business News

Big Issue founder steps up anti-poverty campaign

Lord John Bird is urging the government to do more to tackle poverty.
12 May 2025
Business News

Almost half of people ‘would struggle with bills if income suddenly lost’

Research by the Big Issue magazine found regional variations in the financial situation of people across the UK.
8 May 2025
UK

100-year-old former Wren Dorothea recalls ‘fighting spirit’ of Second World War

Dorothea Barron gave an interview to the Big Issue magazine.
5 May 2025
Celebrity News

Leader of performing arts union Equity re-elected for second term

Paul W Fleming won 81% of the vote compared with 19% for the other candidate Riky Ash.
2 May 2025
Business News

Hundreds of workers at Ofgem balloted for strikes in dispute over pay and jobs

More than 700 members of the PCS in Glasgow, London and Cardiff will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action.
1 May 2025