MPs begin debating the Employment Rights Bill today, which promises sweeping changes to workplace rights for millions of Brits, including a ban on exploitative zero-hours contracts

Pensioners could get £434 a month by filling out a form with a new benefit aiming to support anyone over the age of 66 who fits into three categories.

In a message to the Labour Party government, campaigners have called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, to go further than current plans to prevent people off work slipping into poverty.

The new legislation is being discussed today

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has devolved some powers to Scotland, with the government north of the border launching a new benefit that will eventually see Attendance Allowance scrapped in the country.

The Employment Rights Bill will scrap the threshold excluding people who earn less than £123-a-week from qualifying for sick pay, which could benefit hundreds of thousands of workers