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Unite the Union has announced today that it is preparing to ballot members at Heathrow Airport on proposed industrial action in the face of attempts to 'fire and rehire' staff on lower wages and worse terms and conditions. The…
Labour has urged the government to ensure private firms awarded contracts in the pandemic have Covid-secure workplaces after one such company was found to have endangered staff via multiple health and safety breaches. A leaked report by the…
Groups representing university staff and students have jointly issued a list of demands to the government as part of a push to improve the handling of Covid outbreaks that have hit many university campuses since the start of term. The…
Labour has said it is "not surprising" that a new HOPE not hate poll shows 47% of Conservative Party members think Islam is a threat to the British way of life given the Prime Minister's own history of Islamophobic remarks. Responding to…
John McDonnell has introduced a bill to block Covid aid being given to bad employers and told parliament today that the UK should "reassess how our society and our economy operates" in light of coronavirus. In his first Commons intervention…
Business Secretary Alok Sharma has accused journalists of engaging in "gotcha" lines of questioning and emulating a "quiz show" when asking government ministers to clarify new Covid-19 restrictions in the UK. The cabinet member made the…
Labour has backed a campaign by over 50 organisations calling for Covid Universal Credit increases to be kept in place to stop 700,000 people falling into poverty and said it is "unbelievable" that the government would consider cutting the…
Labour has called on Tory MPs to vote down government reforms to the planning system as the changes would help "create a new generation of slum housing" and "kill off our high streets". The proposals set to be debated in parliament today…
Labour's Kate Green has told Gavin Williamson to "get a grip" and do more to stop further Covid outbreaks at universities after he failed to announce changes to face-to-face teaching or testing infrastructure today. The Education Secretary…
A new poll conducted by Survation indicates that 79% of business leaders are open to the idea of introducing a four-day working week to their companies in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The research, commissioned by the 4 Day Week…
Kate Green has called on the Education Secretary to "end his 'Invisible Man' act" and "get to grips with the situation" facing students who have recently returned to universities in the pandemic. Commenting ahead of a parliamentary…
Labour's Jonathan Ashworth has called on the government to carry out a "rapid review" into the effectiveness of the 10pm curfew for pubs and restaurants brought in by the government to reduce transmission of Covid-19. In a parliamentary…
