The Labour Party has published far-reaching proposals for the reform of workplace rights which would move away from the current system of enforcement via the tribunal system to instead having more enforcement via government agencies.

HMRC has announced new advisory fuel rates, from 1 September 2019, for employees using a company car.

There looks to have been a slight uptick in median pay awards.

The UK’s main inflation measure in July 2019 was 2.1%.

There are higher wage growth expectations in the private sector, driven by a fall in the number of applicants for vacancies.