15th March 2007 - Latest news

 

Labour’s ‘binding’ targets to cut carbon emissions 60% by 2050

Tuesday 13 March 2007

Labour’s draft Climate Change Bill, the first of its kind in any country, sets out a framework for moving the UK to a low-carbon economy, and demonstrates the UK's leadership towards establishing a post-2012 global emissions agreement.

Labour's Minimum Wage now up 30 per cent since 1999

Wednesday 7 March 2007

More than a million workers, two thirds of them low paid women will benefit from a rise in the National Minimum Wage from £5.35 to £5.52 an hour from October, Alistair Darling Secretary of State for Trade and Industry announced today.

Labour welcomes Equalities Review

Wednesday 28 February 2007

Labour’s Ruth Kelly has welcomed Trevor Phillips’ review on the causes of discrimination and inequality in British society.

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