It is time to bring FOI into the modern age and properly empower the public
Just over 20 years ago, freedom of information (FOI) was formally enshrined in law both in the Scottish…
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Unions and MPs must unite to stop the retained EU law bill and save our rights
After months of chaos many, including in the financial markets, seem to have welcomed the relative stability of…
Mandatory ID card policy “should certainly be on the table”, Labour says
Labour is considering reviving Tony Blair’s aborted policy of introducing ID cards to help reduce ‘illegal immigration’. The…
There is no time to lose – hunger is rising and we need a strategy
The rise of food insecurity in the UK is grim. The Trussell Trust reports that its network distributed…
“There is no time for delay,” Labour says as world leaders head to COP27
“There is no time for delay when it comes to the climate crisis,” Ed Miliband has said. And…
Labour’s answer to the perennial question: how would you pay for it?
The Tory government is currently pitch rolling for another round of austerity. This is being greeted with understandable…
The Conservatives have lost public trust on immigration. Labour must take a lead
Immigration has been a vote winner for the Conservatives for decades. The public trusted them most, and the…
As the economic situation deteriorates, Keir Starmer’s Labour faces a choice
The Bank of England lifted interest rates from 2.25% to 3% yesterday, the biggest jump since 1989. The…
The trade union movement spoke with one voice and demanded an election now
The trade union movement spoke with one voice last night in demanding a general election – now. Addressing…
Every volunteer, every leaflet, every conversation brings us closer to No 10
By the time we got to polling day in the local elections earlier this year, Labour activists had…
