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Unless Qatar improves its treatment of workers, the World Cup vote must be re-run, unions tell UEFA Congress
Delegates attending the UEFA Congress in London today (Friday) will be lobbied by unions as part of the campaign to secure better treatment for migrant workers employed on the construction of stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and for foreign footballers currently playing in the Gulf state.
Government should act on work capability assessments ruling, says TUC
The TUC has today (Wednesday) welcomed a legal judgement which has ruled that the government's work capability assessments (which are used to work out whether people are eligible for certain benefits) hugely disadvantage people with mental health problems and learning difficulties.
Chancellor should heed IMF advice and boost capital spending
Responding to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) statement on the UK economy today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:
Government welfare and spending cuts are having a devastating impact on disabled people, says TUC
Speaking later today (Wednesday) at the TUC's Disabled Workers' conference in London, TUC Assistant General Secretary Kay Carberry will warn that government welfare reforms and spending cuts are having a devastating impact on disabled people.
British workers have suffered 8.5 per cent real-term wage drop, says TUC

British workers have suffered seen the value of their real wages fall by 8.5 per cent over the last three years, according to new analysis from the TUC today (Tuesday).