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Drew Smith, a former MSP and current GMB official, has been appointed today as Scottish Labour's acting general secretary after Michael Sharpe announced earlier this week that he was quitting the top post. Sharpe revealed on Monday that he…
Labour frontbencher Tulip Siddiq MP has criticised the decision by the government to pull funding for projects tackling the bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children in schools as "callous". Responding to the…
Rishi Sunak committed to extending the furlough scheme earlier today, with people set to receive 80% of their wage covered by the government, for workers in businesses forced to close due to Covid restrictions until March next year…
Britain’s care system has never experienced such intense political and public attention. We have clapped our carers and heard politicians promise varying combinations of warm words, enamel badges and commitments to fix the system at some…
Trade union general secretaries, mayors including Sadiq Khan, Labour MPs and councillors have come together to release a joint statement setting out a series of demands for the next phase of coronavirus. Declaring that the government's…
GMB is currently without a general secretary. The union has acting general secretary John Phillips filling in, but will soon need to elect a replacement for Tim Roache. LabourList has put together a quick guide to the Labour-affiliated…
Keir Starmer has backed the 'Britain, we need our steel' campaign led by trade unions and urged the government to "act now to secure a prosperous and viable future for our steel industry". In a video message circulated on social media this…
The GMB trade union branch for MPs' staff members has condemned the behaviour of Labour backbencher Rosie Duffield after a second employee reportedly quit her office over alleged transphobia. LabourList can reveal that the branch has…
The TUC has criticised the government as up to £630m of taxpayers' money has been spent on contracts with tech giant Amazon over the last five years – despite its poor record on workers' rights. The new analysis, conducted for the Trades…
Labour-affiliated trade union GMB has called for the immediate resignation of Tory peer and NHS Test and Trace chair Baroness Dido Harding after a series of controversies involving the public office holder. Harding was criticised this week…
Our industries are in crisis. We are facing a historic economic downturn, with millions out of work and many more expected to follow. Combined with record-high temperatures, what may have seemed like once-in-a-lifetime events are now…
Unite the Union, GMB and UNISON have told the government that it must do more to ensure schools remain safe and open in the pandemic following reports of hundreds closing since the start of the academic year. In a joint letter sent to…
