The SNP’s argument that the way to get a Labour Government is to vote against Labour doesn’t stack up
We are only on day two of the formal General Election campaign, but already we have learned a lot…
Minimum Wage
Jowell says London must have a higher minimum wage
Tessa Jowell, one the people who hopes to be Labour’s candidate for London Mayor, has called for a…
Tory MP says minimum wage advocates are practicing “the politics of envy”
George Freeman, Tory MP for Mid Norfolk and Minister for Life Skills, has come under criticism for saying…
Unlike the Tories, Labour has a plan to create an economy that works for working families
Yesterday’s news of a fall in unemployment is welcome, but behind the headlines there’s another story to tell.…
Majority of people think the minimum wage should be increased, poll finds
YouGov have done polling for the the Times Red Box, which shows that most people want to see…
Labour MPs get behind Social Care campaign
A Month ago I wrote a piece attacking the scandal of the care workers who don’t receive the minimum…
Telling people to get better jobs is not an answer to the low pay crisis
I spoke to a woman recently who can’t afford to pay her rent anymore. She works, but lately…
Forgotten from the minimum wage debates, why Britain’s young workers need a pay rise
Last week, with tens of thousands of others, I joined the TUC’s Britain needs a pay rise march.…
Tory MP reckons people who don’t agree with Lord Freud are “in cloud cuckoo land”
Tory welfare minister Lord Freud had to make a grovelling apology yesterday after saying that people with disabilities…
PMQs verdict: No apology is good enough. Freud must go, and he must go today
PMQs returns, and the Labour Party had an ambush waiting for Cameron. A recording from Lord Freud –…
