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Focusing on other stories of the day, the Times looks at how the upcoming teachers’ strikes in England and Wales “will hit millions of pupils”. Teachers are “turning their backs” on children after 90% of union members voted to support industrial action, says Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, who has written a piece in the paper. There is also a report on how ill health among working-age people is costing the economy the equivalent of 7% of the UK’s GDP, according to an analysis by the paper’s own Health Commission.

Times Front Page 5th of October 2024

The Labour Party is proposing a significant reform to workplace rights, aiming to provide greater protections for employees from their first day of work, including sick pay, maternity leave, and protection against unfair dismissal, while also incorporating concessions for small businesses to support these changes.

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