Uber Eats drivers across the UK are now able for representation.

Members will walk out on August 15 amid the long-running pay dispute.

The meeting at the Department for Transport (DfT) on Tuesday will be followed by further talks in the coming weeks.

Aslef members have taken 18 days of strikes since the dispute started two years ago, causing huge disruption to passengers.

The workers at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero were due to commence industrial action on Monday.

The move follows a meeting on Thursday between new Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting and the BMA.

The Musicians’ Union said its members backed walkouts by 81% and by 96% for other forms of industrial action.

An Employment Rights Bill will ban ‘exploitative’ zero-hour contracts and end policies of fire and re-hire.

Workers at the online giant’s Coventry site were involved in the ballot.

An Employment Bill is set to feature in the raft of planned legislation unveiled by the new government on Wednesday.

A report by Make UK and BDO said pressure on finding skilled people is still ‘severe’ as 64,000 vacancies remain in the manufacturing sector.

If the vote is successful, it will mark the first time the firm has recognised a union in the UK in 30 years.

The company said it had ceased operations of Blast Furnace 5 at the south Wales site as part of its restructuring programme.

Members of Unite were due to stage an all out strike from next Monday.

Rain Newton-Smith will tell a conference in London on Monday that there is a risk in trying to ‘separate the economy from net zero’.

The Royal College of Nursing said staff are often caring for dozens of patients at a time.

The Fire Brigades Union said the fire and rescue service was ‘fragmented, overstretched and chronically underfunded’.

The jobs include hotel managers, bar staff, cleaners and receptionists as well as head office roles such as sales and customer services.

The BMA said consultants, junior doctors, and specialist, associate specialist, and specialty doctors have backed separate offers.