‘Employment Rights Bill must go further to reform disgraceful sick pay system’
At £116.75 a week – just 17% of the average weekly wage – the UK’s Statutory Sick Pay…
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‘Let’s hike tax to spend even more on defence. Voters get the world’s changed’
Keir Starmer has rightly named the active threat Putin poses to the UK, our allies and peace in…
Dawn Butler: ‘Why we founded the Parliamentary Black Caucus’
Whether it is climate change, the rise of the far-right, the future of artificial intelligence, or the persistent…
IWD: ‘Politics isn’t focused on women’s needs or voices. We can fix it with more women councillors, MPs and mayors’
I’ve been in a reflective mood as we’ve approached this International Women’s Day. 263 women now serve in…
Spring Statement: ‘Austerity is not the answer to Britain’s stagnant economy’
All the signs are that Britain is heading for another round of austerity. The BBC has today reported…
‘The PM channels Attlee on defence. But a wealth tax, not aid cuts, should fund it’
Listening to Sir Keir Starmer explaining why standing up to Russian tyranny and bending over backward to get…
‘Labour activists cannot dismiss women’s concerns over single-sex spaces’
“No, I won’t be voting Labour. They don’t know what a woman is.” The door slams in my…
‘Keir Starmer should stand up for Canada and other Trump tariff targets’
Along with golden curtains and much else ejected during Joe Biden’s presidency, Donald Trump has returned a portrait…
‘Why Reform may prove the party to beat in the Hull and East Yorkshire’
Last night, Nigel Farage appeared at a rally in Hull to announce Reform’s candidate for the upcoming Hull…
‘Starmer’s US trip was a diplomatic triumph, but many more challenges lie ahead’
Returning to London from Washington early this morning, Keir Starmer and his team were justifiably delighted at how…
