Industrial relations
Industrial relations news from UK Parliament.

Employment Rights Bill continues Lords committee stage
Members consider changes to employment legislation. Find out more
11 June 2025

Industrial Strategy must deliver sweeping public-private reforms - and lower energy costs - or ministers will miss ‘once in a century’ opportunity for British economy
The House of Commons Business and Trade Committee warns that a “once in a century” opportunity for the British economy will be lost unless the Industrial Strategy is ‘funded to work’.
06 June 2025

‘The Brussels Dividend’: Commons Committee urges strategic reset with Europe to unlock growth and security
Ahead of the landmark "EU reset” summit on Monday 19 May the BTC is publishing its three pillars for negotiation to kickstart new, security and growth-driving relations with the European Union.
14 May 2025

Does the UK really know how to ‘do’ national economic security?
The Business & Trade Committee will this week throw new light on the threat to UK economic security with hearings that convene some of the country’s top security experts from the public, private and investment sectors.
06 May 2025

Business and Trade Committee’s ‘5 tests’ for a strategy to secure British steel
The Committee has written urgently to Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to set out 5 tests for a strategy to support the UK steel industry ahead of Donald Trump’s self-styled “Liberation Day” potentially imposing widespread tariff barriers to global trade.
01 April 2025

Employment Rights Bill debated by Lords
Pay and working conditions legislation discussed by members. Catch up
28 March 2025

How far can a redeployed oil and gas workforce take us toward clean, secure energy?
Evidence in this inquiry has revealed the scale of the challenge to create the UK workforce to deliver the Clean Energy Mission and to de-carbonise homes and businesses.
25 March 2025

Lords concludes scrutiny of product regulation bill
Members take chance to 'tidy up' text of draft law at third reading. Catch up
13 March 2025

Product regulation bill completes Lords report stage
Members vote on period product safety and alcohol measurements as further scrutiny concludes. Catch up
06 March 2025

The hunt for growth: can the Industrial Strategy deliver?
Ahead of the upcoming Spending Review, the BTC is today launching the first inquiry in a programme of work over this Parliament on the Industrial Strategy, seeking views on the best mix of public investment and the basis for Government investment decisions.
29 January 2025

Lords completes committee stage of Product Regulation and Metrology Bill
Final day of committee stage for the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill. Find out more
18 December 2024

Lord debates impact of retail crime
Members discuss consequences of shop theft on workers, the community and local economies. Catch up
06 December 2024

BTC Chair writes to business secretary on Stellantis Luton plant closure
Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds appeared before the Committee yesterday, Tuesday 26 November, just as the closure of the Vauxhall plant in Luton was publicly announced.
27 November 2024

BTC launches major new inquiry into flagship Employment Rights Bill
The Business and Trade Committee is launching its first call for evidence in a major new inquiry into the Government’s flagship Employment Rights Bill.
01 November 2024

Lords debates impact of climate policies
Government's environmental and growth strategy considered by members. Catch up
25 October 2024