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Freeze auto-enrolment thresholds to boost pensions saving, says TUC

The TUC has today (Wednesday) urged the government to freeze the lower thresholds in the auto-enrolment regime – keeping the bottom of the earnings band on which contributions have to be paid (£5,564) and the earnings level at which auto-enrolment is triggered (£7,475) – at their current levels.
8 February 2012

UK opt-out from Robin Hood Tax could cost taxpayers £21 billion

Responding to a report published today (Tuesday) by Ernst and Young, which says that the City would still pay more than half the revenue of an EU-wide financial transactions tax (FTT) or Robin Hood Tax, even if the UK opts out, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
7 February 2012

Ending corporation tax relief for big bank bonuses could raise £1.7bn a year
Ending corporation tax relief for pay and bonuses worth more than 10 times average annual ...
6 February 2012
Bank lending must more than double to meet UK investment needs, TUC warns
Total bank lending to firms outside of finance and real estate must more than double in or...
2 February 2012
Final building blocks for auto-enrolment regime
The TUC has today (Wednesday) welcomed the publication of the DWP response to the consulta...
1 February 2012

TUC Video

Labour market trends for January 2012

The Trades Union Congress' Richard Exell rounds up some of the changes we've noticed in this month's employment figures.

 



TUC Blogs

Web links for 7th February 2012

The Unemployed are getting (called) lazy again: A [...]

ToUChstone: on 07 Feb 2012 by ToUChstoneblog

TUC/ NUS campaign for fair internships launch -13 Feb

TUC/NUS Campaign for Fair Internships Launch Date Mon, 13 Feb 2012 Time to from 11:00 to 13:30 Location TUC, Congress House, London Cost – The event is free to attend...

Rights for Interns: on 07 Feb 2012 by Paul

Communities must share in the growing benefits of onshore wind
ToUChstone: on 07 Feb 2012 by Adam Bell
Cameron plans to let Europe take £21bn a year from the City … and we get nothing!
ToUChstone: on 07 Feb 2012 by Owen Tudor
EU Robin Hood Tax would boost growth, say experts
ToUChstone: on 07 Feb 2012 by Owen Tudor
Rally to Save Our NHS
Going To Work: on 06 Feb 2012 by Going To Work

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