FBU announces strike ballot after demands for increased pay offer rejected
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced that nearly 33,500 members will be balloted on industrial action after…
cost of living crisis
Sunday shows: Inflation-level pay rises in public sector “unaffordable”, Nandy says
Sophy Ridge on Sunday Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy told viewers this morning that pay rises for…
To be the “party of working people”, Labour must take a stand on strikes
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced that members will go on strike for the first time in the…
MPs pass motion calling for Truss and Kwarteng to have severance pay cut
A Labour motion demanding that Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng lose a portion of their ministerial severance payments…
Lillis re-elected unopposed to serve second term as Usdaw general secretary
Paddy Lillis has been re-elected to serve a second term as general secretary of the Union of Shop,…
ASLEF announces further day of strike action by members at 12 train companies
ASLEF general secretary Mick Whelan has argued that the union has “no choice” but to take further strike…
Austerity is not the only game in town. We must look at taxes on wealth
We are deep in a cost-of-living emergency 12 years in the making, an emergency that is about to…
Miliband demands “proper” windfall tax as Shell posts huge third-quarter profits
Ed Miliband has urged the government to introduce a “proper” windfall tax on oil and gas companies after…
One in seven missing out on food amid rising cost of living, TUC poll reveals
Frances O’Grady has warned that the UK could see “Victorian” levels of poverty if workers’ pay does not…
Sunday shows: Reeves says government doing “mad experiment” with economy
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves declared that Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng are doing “some…
