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The nasty Tory party is at it again. The leaked, so-called “post-Brexit" immigration policy is a dog whistle for xenophobes. Engineering labour shortages makes no economic sense and would damage both our living standards and public…
The Tory Brexit shambles is an ever-more damaging, ever-more embarrassing spectacle. As the clock ticks, the Tory troika charged with ending our affiliation to the EU and putting in place a viable alternative, expose their weakness and lack…
As Keynes wisely remarked, when the facts change, I change my mind. It's great to see Keir Starmer and Labour's leadership now putting clear red water between us and the Tories over Brexit. The Tories lack of an arithmetic majority in…
There is a debate taking place within our movement on whether EU migrants to the UK are responsible for a cut in wages and terms and conditions in our country. There have been numerous academic studies that have found scant evidence for…
The shadow trade secretary, Barry Gardiner wrote thought-provokingly on Brexit in The Guardian last week for which he has been much berated. I believe he should be praised for accurately exposing the real dangers we face as Brexit reality…
Dark clouds are fast gathering over Britain. The folly of the Brexit vote is becoming clearer and its economic consequences look dire. An argument between two wings of Tory Toffs, settled in a referendum dominated by xenophobia, has set a…
It's great to see Labour's frontbench singing from the same hymn sheet on Brexit whilst the Tories are running around like headless chickens. Our party's top priorities during negotiations are jobs and the economy. We are crystal clear…
Next Thursday, a vote for Labour is a vote for hope and a vote for new economic deal for the many not the few. Just like in 1945. For more than three decades the so-called “orthodoxies" of market fundamentalism have led to the richest in…
Today, our party has put in front of the British people the most ambitious programme since 1945. Just like then, Labour is promising a new economic settlement which will work in the interests of the many. The only people who should fear a…
This is the letter which Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the TSSA, has sent to all member to mark the transport's union's 120th anniversary today. Dear team TSSA member, Today marks the 120th birthday of the founding of our union in…
With the general election just six short weeks away, there is a rising clamour - from some who consider themselves to be on the left for the forming of progressive electoral pacts as a strategy to defeat the Tories. They claim that somehow…
This is the full statement published today by Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the Transport and Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA). Do not be misled by those who tell you this election is about the choice between Theresa May or Jeremy…
