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Multiple trade unions representing teachers and support staff in schools have said that they are preparing members to take action if the government does not ensure that schools will be kept safe during the upcoming lockdown. Unite the…
Thangam Debbonaire has called on the government to renew the emergency coronavirus ban on evictions introduced earlier in the year as the country heads into a second lockdown later this week. In a letter to Robert Jenrick this afternoon…
Anneliese Dodds has declared that the government "stumbles from one crisis to the next" following last-minute announcements by Downing Street of a second England-wide lockdown and the extension of the furlough scheme. In an urgent question…
Anneliese Dodds has urged the Chancellor to "stop the last-minute scramble" on coronavirus economic support and bring forward a six-month plan outlining future support packages from the government. In a letter to Rishi Sunak, the Shadow…
Welsh Labour MPs have criticised the Prime Minister in the House of Commons for extending the furlough scheme as England enters a second lockdown but refusing to do the same for Wales when it entered its own 'firebreak' lockdown. Speaking…
Labour has demanded that the government answer three key questions on the situation for sports and exercise ahead of the newly announced national lockdown that is set to come into force in England on Thursday. Shadow sports minister Alison…
Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford has set out how Wales will reopen once its 17-day coronavirus 'firebreak' lockdown ends on November 9th despite the announcement of a new national lockdown in England. Drakeford told a Covid-19 press…
Gordon Brown has launched a petition promoting the policy of a new job guarantee scheme covering all young people and warned that the UK is at risk of returning to "1980s levels of long-term youth unemployment". The new UK parliamentary…
The Andrew Marr Show Labour leader Keir Starmer appeared on the show this morning. He slammed the Tories for the delay in introducing a national lockdown, highlighted the "price of the government's incompetence" and insisted that "schools…
Anneliese Dodds has warned that self-employed homeowners in the UK face a "bleak winter" after new Labour analysis found some will be left to live on just 30% of their pre-coronavirus income over the coming months. The Shadow Chancellor has…
Richard Leonard has warned that the end of the UK government job retention scheme on Saturday will leave Scotland's furloughed workers facing a "bleak Christmas" unless an adequate replacement for the programme is put in place. The Scottish…
Jon Trickett has declared at a Momentum rally that he is "convinced" left-wing activists can get Jeremy Corbyn reinstated after his suspension from the Labour Party on Thursday. Corbyn suggested after the release of Equality and Human…
