Extending sick pay protection would cost 1% of test and trace budget, TUC finds
Analysis published by the TUC has found that extending statutory sick pay protection to all workers, by removing…
Coronavirus
Starmer’s office reshuffle and Labour’s call for a “long-term NHS rescue plan”
Keir Starmer’s reshuffle of his top team continues. The widely anticipated departure of Jenny Chapman as director of…
Closed or struggling businesses facing £50m furlough bill, Labour analysis finds
Analysis from the Labour Party has found that businesses struggling in the pandemic and affected by the four-week…
Sunday shows: Conservatives “selling out communities”, says Labour
Trevor Phillips on Sunday Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary Steve Reed accused the Tories of “paying back developers…
Investing in education always makes sense, but never more so than now
Investing in education always makes sense, but never more so than now. As schools begin the task of…
PMQs: Sun’s out, ambiguous traffic-light system for international travel out
Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson met today in the wake of the Covid ‘roadmap’ announcement. Specifically, that ‘freedom…
It falls, once again, to the trade union movement to avert a jobs cliff-edge
Michael Gove is just wrong when he claims that Rishi Sunak has created enough of a cushion to…
Businesses must not pay for Covid ‘roadmap’ delay, Labour tells Sunak
Today marks five years since the murder of Jo Cox. Party members and politicians have been paying tribute…
Let’s put the blame where it should lie. In this country – it’s the Johnson variant
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Nick Thomas-Symonds today on “government failure to secure…
Labour’s focus on border controls as PM delays lockdown lifting comes with a risk
Boris Johnson has confirmed what we already knew was coming: the final stage of unlocking will be delayed…
