Public sector pay must be "fair" to private-sector employees facing a recession-fuelled squeeze on wages, Chancellor Alistair Darling said after a spending watchdog called for a freeze. More »
Iran has said it will release the eighth of nine British embassy employees detained in Tehran, Foreign Secretary David Miliband revealed. More »
LONDON (AFP) - BT, seeking to slash costs in the face of Britain's worst recession in years, is offering employees a year at home in return for a 75-percent pay cut, the telecoms operator said Saturday. More »
BT employees have been offered the chance of long-term holidays if they agree to huge pay cuts, the company said. More »
One in six of those aged 18 to 24 and one-third of those aged 16 and 17 who have already left school were unemployed in the three months to April, official figures have shown. More »
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson will be urged to help save thousands of jobs when he visits one of the UK's last remaining van factories. More »
Fresh moves are to be made to save almost 2,000 jobs at a steel plant. More »
LONDON (Reuters) - Pay rises for employees in Britain held steady at 2 percent in the three months to May, with the proportion of pay freezes remaining unchanged at just under a third, pay consultants IDS said on Thursday. More »
MPs are to give details of second jobs and outside earnings under new rules introduced as part of a bid to "clean up" politics. More »

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