Use the filters below to refine your search
Unite has described Tory MP Chris Grayling's new £100,000 a year part-time job at Hutchinson Ports as a "slap in the face" to company staff who are shouldering pay reductions as a result of coronavirus. The union has said the move is an…
TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes has accused the government of causing a "national scandal" after £100m of taxpayer money was paid to shareholders in privatised railway franchises. Responding to comments in parliament today from…
15 Labour MPs representing constituencies in the North East of England have written to the Health Secretary to seek urgent clarification on new Covid restrictions announced in the region. In a letter sent to Matt Hancock today, the group of…
UNISON’s national executive council has endorsed Christina McAnea to succeed Dave Prentis as the party-affiliated trade union's general secretary by a narrow majority of four votes. McAnea, the frontrunner who is understood to have the…
Usdaw has vowed to keep fighting to change the law after the government rejected a call from the union to introduce new legislation to protect retail workers from abuse. A petition, supported by Co-op Food, the British Retail Consortium and…
Labour's Rosie Duffield has reiterated her support for trans rights and reforming the Gender Recognition Act after it was revealed that an LGBT+ staffer quit her office over the MP's comments about trans people. According to a letter from…
The government has been criticised for doing "the bare minimum to fend off bad headlines" after it was revealed that only a third of high-rise buildings with Grenfell-style cladding have had the material removed. Responding to a new report…
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan has warned the government of a "pending mental health crisis" after a new report has shown a significant increase in the number of people suffering from mental health problems. The intervention from the shadow mental…
Conservative minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has defended the government's much-criticised test and trace programme, saying that it is going "as well as could be possibly be expected". The Leader of the House of Commons said this afternoon that he…
Richard Leonard has criticised Scottish Labour Students after the group responded to accusations of police intervention at a Trans Pride event by suggesting that "all cops are bastards". The Scottish Labour leader reacted today to the…
Jonathan Ashworth has accused the government of "losing control" of the coronavirus pandemic and called on the Prime Minister to fix the country's broken test and trace programme. In an urgent question to parliament this afternoon, the…
The TUC has pledged to defend the collective bargaining rights of fire and rescue service workers against a "political attack" from the government that would see their union excluded from the pay review process. In a motion passed at the…
