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General Election 2019: ‘Labour has always recovered’ says veteran Manchester winner Jeff Smith

In a rout, there are sometimes people who stand firm and do not give ground. In Manchester this morning, the Labour supporters in Manchester Withington did just that.

My Big Mouth: Is it right to ‘McStrike’?

The average wage for an NHS nurse is £9 per hour, yet McDonald’s workers went on strike to demand £15 per hour earlier this week.

‘We don’t have protection and they don’t care’: Deliveroo riders protest against the gig economy

Modern technology has made selling your labour as easy as liking a post on Facebook. Meanwhile, it’s estimated that over a million people in the UK work in the gig economy – a term referring to the system wherein people use apps to provide a service, made notorious and normalised by behemoths such as Deliveroo and Uber.

Minimum wage ‘name and shame’ list a complete farce, says Oldham businessman

TMS Autoparts was one of 37 companies nationally named in a programme launched by business minister Jo Swinson as having not paid the minimum wage to workers.

Manchester United ‘must up their game on embarrassing low pay’ for match-day staff

On a day where Manchester City was congratulated by the chancellor on its community credentials and Chelsea became the first Premiership football team to obtain full Living Wage status, the spotlight has now fallen on Manchester United to follow suit, fans have said.

MP John Leech joins rebellion to get pub landlord earnings up from £10K a year average

South Manchester MP John Leech is joining the rebellion to get the government ‘beer-tie’ scheme scrapped in a bid to get local pub landlords off the breadline

FC United beat Premier League giants to first football club awarded Living Wage employer title

The commitment to signing up to the scheme means everybody working at the club, whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors, receive a minimum hourly wage of £7.65

Freudian Slip? Manchester rejects claims disabled ‘don’t deserve’ minimum wage

Lord Freud, the government’s welfare reform minister, told a meeting at the Conservative Party conference last month that disabled people are ‘not worth’ the full minimum wage of £6.50, and could be made to work for as little as £2 an hour

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