‘Britain’s high streets need Community Investment Zones’
Last week, the Chancellor used her Budget to introduce permanently lower business rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure…
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‘Day one rights were promised – Labour must deliver them’
The cost of living crisis has pushed millions of workers to the brink, and the government’s own figures…
‘To deliver day-one rights, unions like mine chose strategy over stalemate’
Perhaps the strangest perception of trade unions that exists in the modern media landscape is that we are…
Labour drop day one protection from unfair dismissal
The government have dropped their manifesto commitment to introduce a right to protection from unfair dismissal from day…
‘Higher gambling tax at last’
The Chancellor has finally delivered long overdue increases in gambling tax. This follows a flawed Treasury consultation that…
A lot done… a lot more to do? MPs, unions and think tanks react to Budget
Labour MPs, unions and think tanks have broadly welcomed the Chancellor’s Budget – but hit out at the…
‘This is a transformative victory for children’
“I came into politics because I believe every child has equal worth”, said the Chancellor today as she…
‘Sixteen days, ten years, one promise: Labour must stick to its mission to halve violence against women and girls’
Exactly three years ago, I sat across a table from Keir Starmer MP, then the Leader of the…
Budget 2025: What do MPs, trade unions and think tanks want from Reeves?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver her second Budget next week, with the mood music surrounding the…
‘Labour won being cautious – but Brits are impatient for radical change’
Caution won Labour a General Election but steady as she goes is no longer enough. It has been…
