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Explained: How UK anti-strike law affects Scottish workers and devolution

Roz Foyer, general secretary at the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC), spoke to The National and gave her assessment of the "draconian"…

The National (Scotland)

Jacob Rees-Mogg warns of potential legal challenges as Strikes Bill clears the Commons

The North East Somerset MP backs the Bill, but criticises clause 3, which is aimed at giving the Business Secretary powers to define minimum service levels

Daily Mirror

Labour and unions launch fresh attack on minimum service levels Bill before vote

Labour said ministers have admitted the Government has had no contact with the International Labour Organisation about the Bill.

The Independent UK

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'Tories are trashing the place as they know they only have a year or two left'

Mark Steel says Tories show incompetence across all departments - even a Tory Lord this week wrote an article suggesting students should have to take a ‘tolerance test’ before they graduate

Daily Mirror

British Steel and Tata told to protect jobs until 2033 to unlock £600m funding

Grant Shapps tells Britain’s two largest steelmakers they must guarantee certain number of UK jobs

The Guardian - UK

Government refusal of £1.2bn cross-Channel energy project quashed by High Court

Aquind’s proposals for a new electricity link between the UK and France will have to be considered afresh by Business Secretary Grant Shapps.

The Independent UK

New 'fire and rehire' rules 'not going to stop' another P&O-type scandal, union warns

Labour's Angela Rayner and the Trades Union Congress have slammed the Government's "shameful" new rules to tackle fire and rehire practices, saying it is just a "reheated" and "repeated" regulation

Daily Mirror

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Struggling households unable to pay energy bills could fork out less under new plans

Ofgem calls for the return of social tariffs for low-income households and powers to stop prepay meters being forcibly fitted

Chronicle Live

Ofgem pledge to protect customers from energy firms' 'inappropriate' pre-payment meter practices

The watchdog's chief has warned they could take legal action against firms which do not take due care

Wales Online

Ofgem vows to protect billpayers from 'inappropriate' pre-payment meter practices

The watchdog's chief executive said there is a right to to be "concerned" about the practice

Manchester Evening News

UK Government demands energy firms stop forcibly moving households on to more expensive pre-paid tariff

Grant Shapps has told energy firms they should make greater efforts to help those struggling to pay their bills.

Daily Record

Energy suppliers to be investigated over Britons forced on to prepayment meters

Ofgem could consider legal action if companies found not to be taking proper care of vulnerable households

The Guardian - UK

Business secretary demands energy firms halt forced fitting of prepayment meters

Grant Shapps has vowed to ‘name and shame’ the worst energy suppliers

The Independent UK

Businesses berate ‘scattergun’ approach to UK government energy support

Exclusive: small business and hospitality groups urge rethink to let firms renegotiate fairer contracts and stave off closure

The Guardian - UK

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Wales Online

Energy firms warned to stop forced fitting of prepayment meters to hard-up households

Worst offenders will be named and shamed

The Guardian - UK

Stop forcing people on to prepayment meters, UK minister urges suppliers

Grant Shapps tells firms to stop pushing consumers on to pre-paid tariffs amid threat to ‘name and shame’ worst offenders

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt poised to approve £300m support package for British Steel

Grant would help steelmaker cut its carbon footprint and avoid thousands of jobs losses

The Independent UK

Shapps issues warning on ‘dangerous’ US multi-billion dollar green subsidies

The Business Secretary said Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act could mark a slide into protectionism.

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Daily Mirror

UN agency rejects Tory ministers' claims it backs 'draconian' anti-strike laws

The PM Rishi Sunak and the Business Secretary Grant Shapps have both highlighted the International Labour Organisation when defending proposals to impose 'minimum service levels' during industrial action

The Guardian - UK

UN agency and US labour secretary deny backing UK anti-strike bill

Remarks at odds with government claims that planned minimum service law has ‘international seal of approval’

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps: Officials ‘actively working’ on prepayment meter disconnections

Business Secretary Grant Shapps told MPs in the Commons ‘we do not want to see people cut off during this cold weather’.

The Independent UK

‘I said hair-brushing, not airbrushing’: Shapps admits Boris Johnson photo mistake

The Business Secretary claimed he told staff Mr Johnson needed ‘hair-brushing, not airbrushing’ from the tweet

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps says sorry for airbrushing Boris Johnson out of Twitter photo

The Business Secretary claimed he told staff Mr Johnson needed ‘hair-brushing, not airbrushing’ from the tweet

The Independent UK

Shapps apologises for airbrushing Boris Johnson out of Twitter photo

The Business Secretary claimed he told staff Mr Johnson needed ‘hair-brushing, not airbrushing’ from the tweet.

The Independent UK

Anti-strike legislation passes first test but wave of industrial action rolls on

Teachers are the latest group of workers to vote for a walkout, joining nurses, railway workers and ambulance staff

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