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During the Unite general secretary election, LabourList has published comment pieces by John Cooper backing Sharon Graham and by Gurinder Singh Josan backing Gerard Coyne; this piece supporting Steve Turner was the first in the series. When…
In another world, we would be spending today on the doorsteps of the West Midlands. We would be getting out the vote and reminding people that it was their chance to elect the Labour and Co-operative mayor for the West Midlands that we so…
The world of work is changing. With technological advances and businesses looking for new ways to cut costs, we are being presented with fresh challenges in the form of digital platform capitalism. The question often being asked is whether…
Everyone deserves to be a paid a wage that allows them a decent standard of living. As a founder member of the drive for a living wage, I was proud as deputy general secretary of the old Transport and General Workers’ Union to work together…
Jayaben Desai was today included among just seven people on the Power List published by BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. The summer of 1976 was one of the hottest on record. In the sweltering conditions of the Grunwick film processing plants, in…
For me it was great to be back in Rosyth in the Kingdom of Fife. It is the yard that refused to die and only lived on because of the solidarity between workers in Scotland and England. Then Scotland’s biggest industrial establishment, when…
In Government, Labour listened to local people and the Police and invested in neighbourhood policing, with local bobbies who know their communities. The result: crime down 43%. But on David Cameron’s watch, we have lost 14,151 Police…
Ed Miliband has been clear that we need to get Britain building again and help the families that are being locked out of the market. New figures published this week by Shelter show that young people who work hard are locked out of buying…
Today Labour has called a debate in the House of Commons that is about the right of everyone to a decent home at a price people can afford. The central question for the debate is a simple one. How do we ensure that the private rented sector…
Today we’re launching the second in a series of housing policy papers on the private rented sector. This document sets out how Labour will give stability and financial certainty to private renters, including over one million families with…
Britain is gripped by the biggest housing crisis in a generation. On housing supply, affordability and ownership, as a nation, we've reached crunch point. The gap between the number of new households formed each year and homes built is now…
Britain is gripped by a growing housing crisis. The Government’s housing policies are hurting, not working. In 2009, Grant Shapps said “When it comes to housing, headline-grabbing announcements are easy, but delivery has proved…
