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Labour has released a dossier documenting what it describes as nearly £30bn in wasted government spending during Rishi Sunak's time as Chancellor and Prime Minister. Rachel Reeves said the document was a "badge of shame" for the Prime…
Labour's Paula Barker has urged ministers not to "stand idly by" while people are hit by a "toxic mix" of rising rents and the risk of no-fault eviction after it was revealed that the number of people sleeping rough rose for the first time…
Labour has announced that in government it will introduce a policy requiring firms with more than 250 employees to have action plans in place to support women as they experience the menopause. The party said today it would require large…
Betty Boothroyd, who was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House of Commons, has passed away at the age of 93. Keir Starmer has led tributes to the former Speaker, saying: "Betty Boothroyd was an incredible and inspirational woman…
This morning, Keir Starmer will continue outlining the "missions" that he has said will form the backbone of Labour's plans for government. The Labour leader will shortly give a speech in central London, and his comments will focus on the…
UNISON has announced that NHS staff including nurses, paramedics and blood collection workers will walk out on March 8th as part of an ongoing dispute with the government over pay. Announcing the new strike date today, UNISON said the move…
Yesterday evening, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced it would pause strikes planned between March 1st and 3rd, following an offer of what it termed "a process of intensive talks" with the government. The talks are to focus on…
The vast majority of companies involved in a six-month four-day working week trial have chosen to continue with the changes, with 18 of the firms involved deciding to make the new work schedule permanent. A total of 56 out of the 61…
Rachel Reeves has declared that households struggling with the cost of living is the "reality of 13 years of Tory economic mismanagement" after a survey found that a quarter of people in the UK are regularly running out of money for…
Junior doctors represented by the British Medical Association have voted to strike by 98% on a more than 77% turnout, in what the union described as a "huge mandate" for industrial action. The BMA announced this afternoon that almost 37,000…
Yvette Cooper yesterday announced that a Labour government would bring in 'respect orders', a new form of anti-social behaviour order (ASBO). “Anti-social behaviour makes people’s lives a misery. The disgraceful behaviour of a small…
Keir Starmer has said Jeremy Corbyn "will not stand for Labour" at the next general election following a speech in which the Labour leader argued that the party has changed "permanently, fundamentally [and] irrevocably" since 2019. Starmer…
