‘This May Day, Scotland has a government for working people again’
If solidarity has a sound it might well be the noise made by colliery bands. Right across our…
New Deal for Working People
‘Employment Rights Bill must go further to reform disgraceful sick pay system’
At £116.75 a week – just 17% of the average weekly wage – the UK’s Statutory Sick Pay…
Employment rights bill: Full list of New Deal amendments by MPs
Amendments are being tabled by MPs to the government’s flagship Employment Rights Bill, following weeks of consultation with…
‘The Employment Rights Bill shows just what Labour can do in power – now we must fight to defend it’
Everybody who works for a living deserves to earn a decent living. But for many in my constituency…
‘Be on the right side of history’: TUC chief calls on MPs to support workers’ rights bill
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak has called on MPs to back Labour’s flagship Employment Rights Bill, which is…
‘Once we give communities that power, it can’t just be taken away’: Rayner’s speech to the Co-op Party
Below is the full text of a speech delivered by Angela Rayner to the Co-operative Party showcase in…
‘Today’s Make Work Pay reforms are a landmark in party history. This is what it means to have a Labour government’
The purpose of the Labour Party is, and has always been, to deliver change for the benefit of…
Employment rights bill: What Labour New Deal policies will become law?
A ban on “exploitative” zero hour contracts, bolstered day-one rights and strengthened statutory sick pay are among the…
National minimum wage: Government set to name and shame employers more regularly for failures to pay
The government is set to name and shame employers more regularly who fail to pay staff the national…
Nicola Ranger: ‘The New Deal must enshrine care workers’ pay rights in law – so they’re not ignored or repealed’
Last week, a would-be Tory leader insulted care workers with a comment about wiping bottoms. This week, a…
