“We need a reality check about inequality in Britain” – Miliband comments on Davos
This week the World Economic Forum’s annual winter meeting in Davos is taking place. 2,500 business leaders, political…
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Salmond hints at giving support to a minority Labour government
The SNP’s convention says that it’s MP will not vote on English laws. However, former SNP leader, Alex…
Food banks aren’t the solution to food poverty, the state is
Yesterday the of All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hunger and Food Poverty produced a report – Feeding Britain – which examined food poverty in…
Labour will offer people a new deal: work hard for a fair day’s pay
If you work hard, you get a fair day’s pay. Not an unreasonable thing to believe in is…
Time to pay school support staff their due
The debate about schools, pupil attainment and changes to our education system rages on. Yet there is one…
Young people are ‘the new face of poverty’ – what are politicians doing about it?
It feels as if UK politics repeating a very tired story. A political drama fills newspaper front pages,…
Poor working conditions leads to rise in poverty for young people
Young people in work are now increasingly likely to live poverty, new research shows. The rise in insecure…
Here’s our opportunity: the policies people want are real Labour policies
There are a couple of very basic facts that underpin Scottish politics at the moment. Simply put, people…
Poll finds Labour could win over SNP supporters with living wage pledge
Following yesterday’s news that Labour could lose 36 Scottish MPs in May – with the SNP on 45% and Labour…
Scottish Labour, not the SNP, believe in the Living Wage
Living Wage Week has allowed us to view some great progress on the living wage – a new…
