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The first duty of any government in the UK is to protect our nation and its citizens. Whether that’s keeping us safe in our homes and communities or shielding our infrastructure and cyberspace from malicious actors, our security is the…
When the government created the ‘Office for Veterans Affairs’ (OVA) three years ago, we had all hoped that the new office could play a crucial role in improving support for veterans. Placed in the heart of government, the OVA promised a…
The mining industry was firmly at the heart of working-class communities like mine. For over a century, mining powered our community and our community powered the nation. In Barnsley, it sustained more than 30,000 jobs. In dangerous, dirty…
Carers working sleep-in shifts must be paid the minimum wage after another victory in the courts for Unison. The union successfully used employment tribunals to change government guidance on the application of minimum wage legislation. As…
Since 2010 a group of 40 Conservative MPs in the most marginal seats have been meeting to organise, plan and fundraise for their re-election. If you live in one of the Tory defensive 40 seats, you may well be familiar with the ‘local’…
And in all the process and organisation and logistics and planning, let's not forget it. When Dilara Begum was told by her supervisor to attend work the next day, she didn’t want to go. The garment factory where she toiled long hours…
Today, more than 50 self-organised protests against the government are taking place the length and breadth of the land. Most of them have been organised without the say-so of Labour HQ. Yet the activity has the wholehearted support of many…
Alex White condemned the proposed strike action on Wednesday as the work of the “noisy left” lacking any “common sense”. I think it’s fair to say that I've never been called a “socialist-extremist” before but I think he is completely wrong…
By Stephanie Peacock What do we need in our new leader? This is the question all of us as party members have been asking ourselves in the last few weeks. I think our new leader needs to be a campaigner who understands what we must do to…
By Stephanie Peacock After a difficult week for our Party, the focus of hundreds of young members gathering in Gillingham this weekend for Young Labour's bi-annual conference will be on debating key policy areas, campaigning in a crucial…
