Labour calls for equalities impact assessment of Covid recovery strategy
Labour’s Marsha de Cordova has called on the government to “urgently undertake and publish a meaningful equality impact…
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PM “poorly briefed or deliberately misleading” on health charge, says Labour MP
The Prime Minister was either “poorly briefed or deliberately misleading” on the cost of scrapping the immigration health…
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…
Labour puts forward 10 proposals for “test, track and protect” system
Jonathan Ashworth has put forward ten proposals for “an effective test, track and protect system” while asked the…
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…
Starmer and Lawrence call for “swift action” to protect BAME communities from Covid-19
Labour leader Keir Starmer and Labour’s new race relations adviser Doreen Lawrence have called for “swift action” from…
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…
