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Commuters are set to be hammered by the highest annual increase since 1996, analysis showed, after average wage figures were released this morning

Ministers are understood to be scrambling to work out ways to pay less after bonuses paid to NHS staff and civil servants drove average wage increases up to 8.5%

Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry would be responsible for providing the Prime Minister with crunch legal advice if Labour wins the next election, due by January 2025

Labour's Angela Rayner made a 'cast iron commitment' to an Employment Rights Bill and to repealing anti-union legislation within the first 100 days in Government

Experts warn high interest rates are having a chilling effect on the jobs market after figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the unemployment rate has risen to 4.3%

Clamour for change comes after a Government-commissioned review last year recommended a ban on lighting up outside any premises that sells food and drink to ensure hospitality is smoke-free

Average pay - including bonuses - went up by 8.5% between May and June, new data shows. This means the state pension is likely to go up by at least the same amount

In her first speech as Shadow Levelling Up Secretary, Angela Rayner will warn that 'false promises' and 'sound bites' from the Tories have left the British public feeling 'levelled down'

Unions backed a motion urging 'non-compliance and non cooperation' with the Tory Strikes Act, creating a policy of defiance against the legislation passed in July

Mirror columnist Anna Morell has strong feelings about Disabled people being told to 'look for employment' and is calling on the government to do more for people with health issues

Adam Cruise, the acting chief executive of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, spoke out as peers prepare to debate plans to stop hunters bringing their "prizes" back to Britain

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said Labour mustn't be 'too timid to talk of hope, too Conservative to make change' in a fiery speech to the Trades Union Congress

The former Prime Minister made a rare intervention in Parliament during an emergency debate on the alleged national security scandal gripping Westminster

Jonathan Gullis, a leading member of the New Conservatives faction, outlined a list of demands after penning a report warning the UK is 'lagging behind' on vocational skills

Asked by the Mirror if the 1991 legislation was 'fit for purpose', the Prime Minister's spokesman instead said the Government had asked for new advice on measures it could take

Reports of the spying allegation have sparked alarm in Westminster, with Rishi Sunak yesterday confronting the Chinese Premier after the accusation came to light

The Northern Powerhouse Partnership think tank is publishing its demands to political parties, as the annual Great Northern Summit takes place today in Bradford

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that “under the Tories, too many criminals are getting off' and victims are being left facing lengthy waits for justice

Dame Vera Baird quit as Victims Commissioner nearly a year ago as she 'no longer believed that Conservative ministers had the interests of victims at heart' but since then 'the situation has got worse'

TUC leader Paul Nowak said the crackdown was a product of a 'desperate Conservative Government spoiling for a fight with unions to distract from their dire economic record'

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said around 40 prisoners were taken out of the Category B prison as a probe into how terror suspect Daniel Khalife got away is carried out

Despite trailing Keir Starmer's Labour in the national polls, the PM insisted he can cling to power and revealed that he wants to remain in No10 until at least 2030

Labour's deputy leader will visit Blackpool on her first official engagement in her new role of Shadow Levelling-Up Secretary, after she replaced Lisa Nandy this week

The former Prime Minister accused Mr Trump - who is bidding to become US President again - of exploiting Americans and turning on scapegoats, while also slating Hungarian PM Viktor Orban

West Lindsey District Council has issued a temporary stop notice, forcing workers on the site - where Suella Braverman wants to house 2,000 asylum seekers - to down tools