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It is great to be with you here in the wonderful city of Edinburgh. I want to thank Standard Life for hosting us today. You are a great British company, headquartered here in Scotland. It’s great to be here with Margaret Curran, our…
Speaking today at Battersea Power Station, Ed Miliband said: It is great to be here in Battersea with you today. Last Friday, I was in my constituency, at the local Citizens Advice Bureau. And I talked to some people who had been preyed…
We are a country caught up in the flux of globalisation, industrial change, major generational transfers, demographic shifts and patterns of migration. Our economy is beginning to recover but wealth spirals upward to the rich and millions…
There was a large march and rally in defence of the NHS in Manchester yesterday - yet the BBC's coverage largely glossed over it, only including it in coverage of Tory conference. Andy Burnham, who was one of the speakers at yesterday's…
It’s great to be in Brighton. And I want to start by thanking somebody from the bottom of my heart for the kindest of words. Not Justine …oh, I would like to thank her, a round of applause for Justine please, ladies and gentlemen. Not my…
Len McCluskey, the leader of Unite union, was given a standing ovation by Labour members for his rabble-rousing speech at Conference today. Speaking before Margaret Beckett and Ed Balls, the leader of Britain’s biggest union told the packed…
Frances, thank you so much for that introduction. And let me pay tribute to you, as the first female General Secretary of the TUC, for the fantastic job that you do. But I am sure you would agree that it would be wrong not to also remember…
I rise to move the amendment standing in the name of myself and my Right Honourable friends. And I start by joining the Prime Minister in expressing revulsion at the killing of hundreds of innocent civilians in Ghouta on the 21 August. This…
Just before the last General Election David Cameron came to this university and promised he would fix what he called “our broken politics”. But more than three years on it’s worth reflecting on the state of our politics after David Cameron…
Speaking at the TUC's Congress House today, Len McCluskey made a speech on Unite's future relationship with the Labour Party post-Falkirk and ahead of Miliband's proposed reforms to the union link, describing them as a "turning point". Here…
Dear Sir Jeremy, I am writing to you as Cabinet Secretary about the influence on Government policy of the Conservative Party’s paid advisor Lynton Crosby, and the possibility of a conflict of interest. The Government has until recently…
Speaking at the Durham Miners' Gala this afternoon, Unite General Secretary will give his backing for Ed Miliband's reform of the Labour/Union link - but will urge Miliband to lead a Labour Party that will make a clear difference to the…
