Pat McFadden

Victory for Independent in fair tips campaign

independent.co.uk
5 hrs ago
        

By Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs Correspondent Wednesday, 19 November 2008 Proposals to stop restaurants creaming off tips to pay basic wages are being announced today. In a victory for The Independent's "fair tips"...

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guardian.co.uk: Post offices such as the Cold Bath Road branch in Harrogate are threatened by closure guardian.co.uk

Ministers look to widen role of post offices

guardian.co.uk
15-Nov-2008 78 related
        

Ministers are to hold a series of meetings with Labour and Tory backbenchers to discuss what extra services the Post Office network could provide, including helping credit unions, dealing with payment of energy bills and the...

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Labour government blocks workers’ rights

socialistworker.co.uk
05-Nov-2008 6 related
        

Any belief that Gordon Brown’s government is going to back workers rights took another blow as the government voted down a series of amendments to the Employment Bill that would have given limited rights to workers in...

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Fair Employment Enforcement Board meets for first time (news)

workplacelaw.net
05-Nov-2008
        

Business groups, unions and the Government joined forces for the first meeting of the Fair Employment Enforcement Board today (5 November). The Board says it will lead the fight to protect vulnerab...

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Dodgy ac director fails to dodge jail

acr-news.com
03-Nov-2008 1 related
        

A CHEATING company director who operated air-conditioning companies while bankrupt and forged documents to escape the law, has been jailed for four years and nine months. Roy Goss, 67, from Cambridge, was convicted in Croydon...

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Tories: Government 'too slow' over Europe cash for businesses

24dash.com
30-Oct-2008 25 related
        

The Tories today accused the Government of not moving quickly enough to ensure that fresh funds from the European Investment Bank reached hard-pressed British businesses. Shadow small business minister Mark Prisk welcomed the...

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Financial crisis will send one million immigrant workers home, race chief says

dailymail.co.uk
29-Oct-2008 1 related
        

Trevor Phillips says a million immigrant workers will be sent home due to the financial crisis Trevor Phillips, the chairman of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, has said that one million migrant workers will be sent...

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Businesses turn to locals as migration slows

ft.com
29-Oct-2008
        

By Andrew Taylor and Sara-Christine Gemson Some of Britain’s biggest businesses are recruiting more home-grown workers as the flow of migrants from eastern and central Europe starts to dry up. The disclosure came as Phil...

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