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helping out: So many families need grandparents to step into the breach.

Let’s not take for granted the vital role of our grandparents - Sarah Coles

Last week, the Bank of England raised interest rates to 1% as it warned the economy will go into reverse and inflation will peak at more than 10% as the Ukraine war compounds a crippling cost-of-living crisis.

Insecure, low-paid work could be costing the Government billions - Greg Wright

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak's economic record continues to come under scrutiny.

Don’t let this red-tape stifle levelling up; here’s why – John Longworth

What does the use of food banks say about Britain's economy?

Why key workers deserve the fairer wages they merit – Yorkshire Post Letters

Chancellor Rishi Sunak should 'get around the table' with unions over the end of the furlough scheme, claims Frances O'Grady.

Sunak 'not listening' to concerns over end of furlough, warns Frances O'Grady

Analysis from the York- based Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and the TUC shows the majority of those who will be affected by the cut in Yorkshire and the Humber are working families. Picture: York

Yorkshire families on verge of poverty if benefits press ahead, Govt warned

Bus policy will be a major priority for West Yorkshire's new mayor, says the TUC.

How TUC and unions will judge West Yorkshire mayor – Bill Adams

At the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Yorkshire conference this weekend, members supported a statement by its regional council that a split based on the existing model of North Yorkshire and the City of York "causes the least disruption to services and staff and allows continuity of services for the vast majority". Pic: James Hardisty

TUC says splitting up North Yorkshire councils 'would lead to major disruption'

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This is when offices could reopen in England - according to government plans

60 per cent of applications to the self isolation payment scheme have been rejected in Yorkshire, new figures show. Pictured: Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer

Self-isolation payments not working for low-income workers in Yorkshire, say TUC

In his spending review last year, Chancellor and North Yorkshire MP Rishi Sunak imposed a "pause" in pay rises for at least 1.3 million public sector workers as he described the "tough choices" facing the UK in the face of the pandemic.

These Yorkshire areas could be worst hit by public sector pay rises being paused

Frances O'Grady, TUC General Secretary. Photo: JPI Media

Frances O'Grady: 'Women need a proper wage as much as any man'

The Government has been urged to act of social care funding. Picture: PA

Yorkshire council with biggest drop in adult social care spend urges Government ...

Bill Adams, the Yorkshire regional secretary of the TUC. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Clarity needed on arts funding to avoid more job losses, unions say

The culture secretary has been urged to set out plans for the £1.5bn financial rescue package for the arts in a way that will work for the whole sector “from printmakers in Sheffield” to national galleries.

Lindsay Pantry

Levels of bus patronage have been declining over the years and dropped dramatically during lockdown.

West Yorkshire leaders consider spending £150k to help bus franchising decision

Bill Adams, the Yorkshire regional secretary of the TUC. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Government - not councils - should fund Welcome to Yorkshire, TUC claims

Rishi Sunak has announced a pay rise for those employed in the public sector (Getty Images)

Public sector pay rise: government’s wage increase for nurses, teachers and poli...

TUC Yorkshire regional secretary Bill Adams. Pic: Jonathan Gawthorpe

The Yorkshire district where 41% of workers are on coronavirus support schemes

Yorkshire TUC regional secretary Bill Adams. Pic: Jonathan Gawthorpe

'Running public services like a business left us totally unprepared for virus'

Most parents are still cautious about sending their child back to nursery. Pic: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Nurseries are at risk of collapse due to 'disgraceful' treatment from Government

The TUC said that without an urgent increase, unemployment support will be lower in real terms during the current outbreak than during the mass unemployment peaks of the 1980s and 1990s. Picture: Chris Young/PA Wire

Boost Universal Credit to stop families being 'plunged into poverty'

Many people have heeded warnings and are staying at home Picture: PA

The 'short, sharp shock’ is our best hope of halting the coronavirus pandemic - ...

Workers who earn below the real living wage in Leeds could get a pay rise

One in 10 Leeds workers might be about to get a pay rise. Is that you?

Councillors must take buses back into public control says union

Improving Yorkshire’s ‘dire’ buses ‘will help climate’

The recent Extinction Rebellion protest in Leeds raised awareness about climate change - while causing major disruption on the city's roads.

Why we must all stand up and be counted in Global Strike for Climate – Judith Ma...

ICELAND held a funeral for its first glacier lost to climate change at the end of August.

Judith Maxwell

The TUC is pledging to uphold the rights of young workers.

Sacrifices made for future generation in defeating Nazis, activists and bullies ...

The TUC is launching a new campaign on behalf of young workers.

How the TUC will stand up for the rights of young workers in Yorkshire – Gareth ...

A four day working week has proved to be beneficial to productivity in places it has been introduced (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why you should be allowed to have Wednesdays off work

Should college cuts be reversed?

Gordon McAlpine: College investment more vital than ever

Household borrowing up 17 per cent over five years in Leeds

Wages are worth a third less in some parts of the country than a decade ago, according to a report by the TUC. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire.

Wages worth less than 10 years ago for vast majority of Yorkshire's workers, res...

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Setting the standard for workplaces

Channel 4 is coming to Leeds

Channel 4 coming to Leeds will help Yorkshire if No Deal Brexit happens says TUC

Channel 4 is coming to Leeds

Channel 4 Leeds headquarters 'a game changer' - All the reaction as Channel 4 mo...

TUC General secretary Frances O'Grady

David Behrens: We'd all like a four-day week '“ and to be paid like union bosses

Bill Adams, Yorks & Hum TUC, at the Yorkshire shadow MPC meeting at Lee & Priestley, Wast Parade, Leeds. March 4, 2008. Picture Bruce Rollinson

'˜Generational pay gap' rises by a third as young hit most

Leeds train station

Protests at Leeds railway station over 3.5 percent ticket increases

The IoD, CBI and TUC have signed a joint Yorkshire Day message in hope of ending the county's devolution differences.

One Yorkshire show of unity by key business leaders in bid to end devolution dea...

The With Banners Held High March makes its way through Wakefield. Pictures: Simon Hulme

Marching with pride as With Banners Held High returns to Wakefield during TUC fe...

Frances O'Grady hopes for Yorkshire support at a London protest march

Frances O'Grady: Join our march for a new deal for working people

Jodie Hill believes all firms must have a mental health first aider Picture Scott Merrylees

Greg Wright: The case for introducing mental health first aiders at work

A march for womens rights in 1975 under the TUC banner. Women still make up the majority of low-paid workers in the UK.

Joanne Thomas: Women's economic parity vital in harassment fight

Yorkshire was found to be one of two regions with the highest rates of night shift working in the country, as new analysis shows the number of people working nights has risen by 260,000 over the past give years.

Yorkshire has highest number of night shift workers, new study finds

'For the sake of workers and jobs, we must stay in the EU single market' - TUC c...

Alarm mounts over heroin: The week that was September 5 to 11, 1995.

Bill Adams: No transport revolution without devolution

Prime Minister Theresa May

Backlash over Government plans to crack down on corporate excess

Do you support driver only trains?

YP Letters: Firm's new trains on order will be driver-only

Will it be lift-off for Leeds with a Yorkshire-wide devolution deal? Bill Adams of the TUC thinks so.

Bill Adams: Listen to region in drive for devolution

Rail operator Northern has defended its industrial relations record.

YP Letters: Northern rail is investing in trains and staff

TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady

Review into gig economy attacked '¨as '˜feeble'

Rising numbers of children are seeking help due to exam stress, according to Childline. Picture: PA.

Leeds children missing school

Jonathan Oxley

Worrying rise in staff on zero-hour contracts

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