Labour set to boost bank holidays
Press Review 29 March 2005
Labour has announced that all workers will be able to count bank holidays as additional to their annual leave.
Labour pledge 28 days paid holiday
News Article 28 March 2005
The practice of forcing low paid workers to take bank holidays as annual leave is to be ended, guaranteeing 28 days of paid holiday for every worker, Patricia Hewitt has pledged.
'Wales is booming', Hain insists
News Article 2 March 2005
Peter Hain has rejected Conservative claims that bureaucracy is damaging Wales, insisting that the country is "booming".
Labour criticised over St David's Day holiday failure
News Article 1 March 2005
Opposition parties in Wales have criticised Labour for failing to establish a St David's Day public holiday.
Bank holidays
Policy Consultation 25 October 2004
Comment from the Forum of Private Business, the Institute of Directors and the Federation of Small Businesses.
TUC calls for bank holiday boost
News Article 25 October 2004
An autumn bank holiday is needed to ease the seasonal gloom of millions of workers, the TUC has claimed.
Holidays would help the economy, say unions
News Article 27 August 2004
Ahead of the bank holiday weekend the TUC has said businesses are wrong to claim that more days off would damage the economy.
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Commons backs ban on Christmas trading
News Article 18 June 2004
The Commons has decided to ban large shops from opening on Christmas Day.
Campaign begins for extra bank holidays
News Article 28 May 2004
The TUC has called for British workers to be given an additional bank holiday.
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