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UNISON's Christina McAnea has received almost twice the branch nominations of the next closest candidate in the race to succeed retiring Dave Prentis as the party-affiliated trade union’s general secretary. McAnea, understood to have the…
Siobhan McDonagh has accused universities of treating their students like "cash cows" and suggested that the UK should consider refunds for students as thousands face campus lockdowns. The Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden told viewers on…
Labour's Wes Streeting has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of returning to "Thatcher's sink or swim mentality" on jobs after a government minister defended the decision to refuse support to worst-hit sectors such as hospitality. Reacting to…
The Andrew Marr Show Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy confirmed that Labour wants students to be able to return home from university for Christmas, but would not call for tuition fees to be returned to students. He appeared to criticise…
Former Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has rebuffed calls to let moderates have their chance running Labour, telling viewers at an online event: "Give moderates a chance? Don’t be ridiculous." Abbott, the UK's first Black female MP, also…
Labour's Dr Rosena Allin-Khan has urged the government to do more to support NHS workers after new figures revealed that staff took over 500,000 mental health sick days in May alone. The shadow mental health minister said the figures should…
Keir Starmer aired his first party political broadcast (PPB) as Labour leader on Wednesday, which readers can watch here. Titled ‘A New Leadership’, the video features Starmer outside his childhood home in Surrey describing why he is proud…
Marsha de Cordova has argued that the government has "failed to act to protect Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities" after a new report has shown BAME people are almost three times as likely to have lost their job as a result of…
Keir Starmer has criticised Boris Johnson for suggesting that the recent increase in coronavirus cases had "very little or nothing to do" with the government's failures on the test and trace programme. Appearing in front of the House of…
Labour has criticised the government for suggesting the army could be used to enforce Covid restrictions, pointing out that the move lays bare “the extent to which the police have been cut over the last ten years”. Opposition frontbencher…
Labour has slammed the government as a "devastating report" into the NHS workforce has revealed that over a third of nurses are considering leaving the health service within the next year. Reacting to the publication of research by the…
The Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform has renewed its efforts to force a change in party policy by unveiling seven specific recommendations for a public health-based approach to drugs use. The campaign group, run by party members and…
