Concerns mount over public sector pay freeze in spending review
Concerns are mounting over a potential public sector pay freeze as part of the government response to the…
Coronavirus
Labour slams Tory “indifference” to gender pay gap and calls for action
Marsha de Cordova has criticised the Tories for their “indifference” to gender pay inequality – and called for…
Labour warns of “triple-whammy cash crisis” for businesses ahead of Christmas
Labour has warned of a “triple-whammy cash crisis” in the run-up to Christmas as analysis has found that…
My message ahead of chairing West Yorkshire mayor selection hustings
It’s nearly ten years since I took part in an incredibly memorable hustings at Oakwell, the home of…
Government must let schools “go online to rescue Christmas”, says UNISON
UNISON has urged the government to “rescue Christmas” by allowing schools to switch to an online format for…
You’re entitled to your own opinions, not your own facts. Vaccines work
Towards the beginning of the 1960s, back-end baby boomers like me were amongst the last kids in the…
Labour demands government expansion of Covid isolation payment
Anneliese Dodds has called on the government to “overhaul the broken system” for people told to self-isolate and…
Labour housing campaigners issue demands to stop mass homelessness
Grassroots housing campaign groups have outlined a set of policies that they say would “ease the pain that…
No deal Brexit would be a knockout blow for an economy already on the ropes
With the world gripped by the drama of the US Presidential elections and the ongoing fight against Covid,…
WATCH: Starmer pledges to “work constructively” with PM on vaccine plan
Keir Starmer has declared that “we need to pull everybody together” and pledged to “work constructively with the…
