WEU News Articles

Resilience is a word often used in the workplace. It isn’t about “putting up with” whatever gets thrown at you, it’s about adapting, recovering, and even finding ways to grow when things get tough...

Recent reports from Cambridge to Camden have exposed a growing crisis in local government that working people across England can no longer afford to ignore. While councils face budget black holes, ...

The sale of allotments by the government threatens food security, community cohesion, and environmental resilience. In this analysis, we explore why allotments matter now more than ever. The Gov...

Major changes are coming to UK roads in 2025. These include updates to licensing for older drivers, tax changes for electric vehicles, new commercial driving standards, and enhanced safety measures...

Early Beginnings and Trade Union Pressure The idea of state pensions in England began with the Old Age Pensions Act of 1908 under David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill. This radical step introd...

How Many Call-Centre Roles Are Offshore? Despite growing demand, nearly half of UK companies (48%) now outsource business functions abroad—a 41% increase since the pandemic—with £500 billion alloca...

The evolution of voting in England is a tale of gradual, hard-won change—a centuries-long struggle to expand political rights from a privileged few to the wider public. Today’s democratic rights re...

UK businesses are increasingly reshoring call-centre and distribution roles from overseas. This shift reverses a two-decade offshoring trend driven by rising costs abroad, customer dissatisfaction,...

Most workers in England are unaware that England is one of the worst countries in the world when it comes to bank holiday provision. Let’s be blunt: England has just 8 public holidays a year, the l...

Dear Member, Since the foundation of the Workers of England Union, we have campaigned relentlessly for the revision and ultimately the removal of the Barnett Formula. From the outset, we have argu...