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Movement of Christian Workers
St, Joseph’s, Watford Way,
London, NW4 4TY
Telephone: 0208 2036290,
Fax: 0208 203 62 91
E-mail:
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Registered Charity 1023530
The MCW is a member of
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Trade Union Congress - TUC |
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Trades Union Congress news releases
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Recent news releases from the TUC
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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.
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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:
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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 earnings (£26,200) could raise around £1.7bn a year if applied to the banking and financial services sector, according to a new TUC report published today (Monday).
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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 order to meet the investment needs of the UK economy over the next decade, says a TUC report published today (Thursday), ahead of a seminar on the future of banking at its central London headquarters this afternoon.
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Final building blocks for auto-enrolment regime
The TUC has today (Wednesday) welcomed the publication of the DWP response to the consultation on the final regulations to implement the auto-enrolment regime.
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