The Tory immigration bill is no way to offer thanks to our NHS workers
The Prime Minister returned to work only a few weeks ago. His top team – chief advisor Dominic…
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Labour pushes to exempt NHS and care workers from the immigration health surcharge
Keir Starmer again used Prime Minister’s Questions this week to push along the news agenda and potentially government policy too.…
Forget loan schemes. The state must take equity stakes to avoid bailouts
Much of the framework of support for business during the coronavirus pandemic has focused on a variety of…
As a social worker, I’m ashamed of the way care workers are treated
I am a social worker in an adult social care team, and I have known for some time…
PMQs: Starmer urges PM to scrap immigration charge for NHS and care workers
Keir Starmer has called on Boris Johnson to scrap the immigration surcharge for NHS health professionals and care…
Minimum wage workers shouldn’t be forced further into poverty during this crisis
One of the great achievements of the last period of Labour government was the introduction of the national…
General secretary appointment underway, plus concerns over Serco
David Evans has emerged as the Labour leadership’s favourite for the general secretary post. There was talk earlier…
Labour’s national policy forum must be reformed or replaced
Labour’s national policy forum (NPF) will launch a consultation on eight policy topics tomorrow, May 20th. But the…
Conference 2020 cancelled, and other Covid news – Alice Perry’s NEC report
Labour’s national executive committee met via Zoom today. The NEC thanked outgoing general secretary Jennie Formby for her…
We need a fully-resourced plan for mass testing and contact tracing
More than two months after the government said it was no longer necessary to identify every new case…
