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The TUC has warned that the government must increase sick pay rates – or risk worsening the spread of coronavirus after data revealed that 43% of workers cannot afford to self-isolate. A survey commissioned by the body found that over…
Scottish Labour has joined criticism of the UK government's internal markets bill by describing the Prime Minister's new Brexit policy as "a farce that threatens the very foundations of the United Kingdom". Richard Leonard's party has said…
Several of Keir Starmer's Labour frontbench MPs have joined Labour Friends of Israel as newly appointed vice-chairs of the organisation that now includes a third of shadow cabinet members. LFI has announced six new vice-chairs as follows…
Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds has urged newly elected Tory MPs to "do the right thing" by voting to extend the furlough scheme after it was revealed that over 500,000 jobs are at risk in their constituencies. According to new analysis…
Jonathan Ashworth has argued that the government needs to "go further" to help the poorest self-isolate as areas that have experienced Covid outbreaks are "defined by low pay, child poverty and overcrowded housing". Commenting this…
Scottish Labour has condemned the "culture of secrecy" in Holyrood after former First Minister Alex Salmond threatened to take the SNP government to court over its refusal to publish key documents from his court case. Responding to a letter…
Labour has warned that a blanket withdrawal from the furlough scheme would have a catastrophic effect on the hospitality sector, after new analysis revealed that one pub or bar has shut every 14 hours under the Conservatives. Over 5,500…
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined calls to keep UK universities in the Erasmus programme after Brexit, describing the scheme as integral to developing "skills, jobs, and investment in our towns and cities". He joins the metro…
Spending by local councils on arts and culture has been slashed by £860m – but the industry is key to the 'levelling up' agenda, according to new research by the Fabian Society. The 'cultured communities' report found that local arts…
Labour is set to table a motion to force the publication of all internal documents, minutes of meetings and ministerial submissions relating to this year's exams U-turn and has demanded that Gavin Williamson and Boris Johnson "come clean"…
Sadiq Khan has called on the government to offer more support for Transport for London and said that "if we reduce services it will lead to greater overcrowding which will lead to the virus spreading more". In a Sky News interview this…
Labour will try to amend the government’s fire safety bill this week, after it emerged that over 80% of private sector accommodation with Grenfell-style flammable cladding has not had the dangerous material removed. The party will try to…
