Employment
Jobs, unemployment, workers rights, minimum wage
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 349PMQs 2026-09-09
I thank the Prime Minister for visiting my constituency during the recent wildfires in Stourbridge, and for meeting affected residents, emergency workers, volunteers and council staff. Will he join me...
PMQs 2026-09-09
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Mr Speaker—I apologise. BT Openreach identified Liverpool as one of its 30 national hubs. However, in July this year, it decided to pull out of Liverpool, leading to the ...
PMQs 2026-09-02
I applaud the Prime Minister's focus on civil society and on support for young people, but the fact is that in his time as Mayor of Greater Manchester youth employment did not improve. In fact, it got...
PMQs 2026-09-02
A wise man recently called for “good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart.” In Croydon, these cannot come soon enough. Gatwick's expansion could provide Croydon's young people with world-c...
PMQs 2026-09-02
I hope at that summit the Prime Minister will negotiate a good deal for our country, our economy and our defence, and that means rejoining the single market. North Devon's maternity unit has been clos...
PMQs 2026-07-15
Watching the Prime Minister secure his legacy this week, with the NATO summit and the Hillsborough law, I wondered if he wanted to make it a hat-trick, and support Shrewsbury college's bid for a new c...
PMQs 2026-07-08
Two years on, my constituents enjoy greater rights at work due to wage increases. Thousands are better off, children lifted from poverty, and tens of millions in funding have been given to communities...
PMQs
The right hon. and learned Gentleman is the one who is resigning because of his MPs. The Prime Minister has made many mistakes but also been let down by an Energy Secretary who is killing industry, a ...
PMQs
Why is the Government pushing an agenda that will drive tens of thousands out of work due to AI deployment by Uber? Will he arrange a meeting for discussion?...
PMQs
Can the Deputy Prime Minister tell me if these outcomes are due to business rate hikes, job tax, Employment Rights Act changes, or some combination of these factors?...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 2890Warm Homes Scheme: Cooling Measures
Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting cooling measures into the warm homes scheme....
Beauty Industry Employment and Training: Young People
Will the Minister meet me and sector representatives to talk about how we could reverse this decline?...
Beauty Industry Employment and Training: Young People
Will the Minister give some more information about the support his Department is providing, especially for young people through the youth guarantee, to ensure that small businesses in areas like mine ...
Beauty Industry Employment and Training: Young People
What steps his Department is taking with the beauty industry to help provide accessible routes into employment and training for young people....
Employment Support: Young People
The Government recently announced funding for apprenticeships through areas where there are elected mayors. However, almost half of England does not have an elected mayor. Will the Secretary of State ...
Employment Support: Young People
Every DWP Question Time, Labour Members line up to give the welfare Secretary a chance to make it look like he is doing something about the youth unemployment crisis. Under the Labour Government, the ...
Employment Support: Young People
In The Wrekin, youth unemployment has risen by 27.8% in the last 12 months. Many of the schemes to get young people back into work are in urban areas. What will the Secretary of State do for young con...
Employment Support: Young People
Last week I visited marine businesses in South Devon that are struggling to find crew. The funding for commercial vessel apprenticeships is now threatened, potentially closing the route for young peop...
Employment Support: Young People
I recently visited Portugal where a young man who drove our safety boat had done his apprenticeship at SeaRegs in Plymouth. However, this apprenticeship is now under threat of being scrapped by Skills...
Employment Support: Young People
Could the Secretary of State say a bit more about how youth hubs are helping to deliver the youth guarantee so that young people can realise their potential. The questioner seeks information on the ro...