Paul Nowak column: ‘Britain needs a living standards Budget’
£14,000. That’s how much extra households have paid in mortgage, energy, loan, and water bills since 2021. From…
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Len McCluskey confirms he will stand for re-election as Unite General Secretary
After it was announced that Unite would be holding an early General Secretary election earlier this week, it…
Lord Adonis turns his back on the possibility of a Labour / Lib Dem coalition
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Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes under investigation by Parliamentary watchdog over donations
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No alternative, no ‘plan B’
In the Autumn Statement George Osborne and the Coalition Government had yet another opportunity to implement an economic…
Stunted ambitions
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An Open letter to fellow Labour MPs from John McDonnell
We’ve been sent the following letter which has been sent by John McDonnell to all Labour MPs, urging them…
Real terms cut in maternity pay is “effectively a £180 mummy tax on working women”, says Yvette Cooper
Last night we brought you news of the “Mummy Tax”, as Labour attacked the government’s real terms cut…
George Osborne – the laughing Chancellor
No-one else is laughing George:
Harman’s PPS resigns over pensions amendments
As noted by Kevin Maguire on Twitter earlier today, Labour MP (and former NUM President) Ian Lavery has…
Tories bury bad news (again) – sneaking out Remploy closure news in a written statement
In written statement released by Minister for Disabled People Esther McVey this morning, the government has sneaked out (under…
