Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: No Spoons boycott, #BABetrayal, Dog Awareness Week
Here is an update on some of the main stories from the union frontlines this week. A Labour…
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Lara McNeill: Why I’m standing again to be Labour’s NEC youth rep
As a junior doctor working in the coronavirus wards, I have witnessed socialism in action. Health workers of…
10 things to look for in Wednesday’s speech from the Chancellor
Rishi Sunak will deliver a statement in the Commons on Wednesday. Detail has been thin on the ground,…
Momentum’s new leadership is wrong to attack Labour councils
Left-wing Labour organisation Momentum ushered in a new dawn this weekend, with Gaya Sriskanthan and Andrew Scattergood succeeding…
Why council workers are fighting back in Tower Hamlets
The pandemic has forced us to evaluate how we think about work, what is and isn’t essential work,…
Labour calls for £1.7bn fightback fund to protect hospitality and high streets
Momentum is now chaired by a climate activist living in New York and a firefighter working for the…
75 years since Labour’s 1945 victory. Is Keir Starmer a Clem Attlee figure?
In the week when we celebrate the 75th anniversary of Clem Attlee leading Labour to victory on July…
How Islington has been working with the TUC to keep workers safe
The government’s laissez-faire easing of lockdown restrictions has truly shown whose side it is on – profit over…
Jobs, jobs, jobs
Labour has been calling for a ‘back to work’ Budget focused on “jobs, jobs, jobs”, and it has…
The betrayal of the Make Poverty History generation
15 years ago today, I stood in The Meadows of Edinburgh as over a quarter of a million…
