Bev Craig wins Greater Manchester mayoralty in landslide over Reform UK
Labour’s Bev Craig has been elected as the new mayor of Greater Manchester by a comfortable margin over…
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Exclusive: “Young people’s voices must be heard,” Cat Smith tells Gavin Williamson
Labour’s Cat Smith has told Education Secretary Gavin Williamson that “young people’s voices must be heard” after the…
Labour slams Tories for “making rail travel unaffordable”
Labour has warned that the Conservatives are “making rail travel unaffordable” as a 1.6% increase in rail fares…
Gordon Brown set to launch pro-jobs, pro-science campaign for Covid recovery
Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to launch a pro-jobs, pro-science campaign this week, with the…
Usdaw demands new law to protect retail staff from abuse
Shopworkers’ union Usdaw has called for a new law to protect workers from abuse and urged the government…
Labour calls for extension of evictions ban as 250,000 face homelessness
Labour has called on the government to extend the evictions ban and warned that nearly a quarter of…
Gavin Williamson has no trust, no credibility and must resign
I listened to the Education Secretary on the Today programme this morning and, probably like many of you,…
A plan to overhaul the UK’s unjust drugs policy is just around the corner
Values of fairness, justice and equality should underpin Labour Party policy and the way we seek to govern.…
Tory attacks on the BBC are mounting. Don’t fall for the Conservative con
This month sees television licence demands drop on the doorstep of several hundred thousand pensioner households in the…
Labour slams Public Health England decision as “desperate attempt to shift the blame”
Labour has condemned the government’s decision to scrap Public Health England as a “desperate attempt to shift the…
As payouts fall, the case for divestment from fossil fuels is stronger than ever
Following the drastically reduced dividend payments from BP (down 50% in the second quarter) and Shell (down 65%…
