Ashworth slams government over “abject failure” to support people into work
Jonathan Ashworth has condemned the government’s “abject failure” to support people back to work after it was revealed…
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“Stop playing to the gallery,” Reeves tells Sunak and Truss as GDP falls 0.6% in June
Rachel Reeves has urged the Tory leadership candidates to “stop playing to the gallery” and come up with…
Labour calls for “more flexible approach” after 700,000 jobs lost to Covid
Labour has called on the government to “adopt a more flexible approach” or risk unemployment skyrocketing after new…
The Tories claim economic success – but workers’ pay suggests otherwise
Figures released by the Office for National Statistic (ONS) this month showed that unemployment fell by 57,000 in…
Labour policy should not be decided by trying to please neo-liberal think tanks
Despite the electoral success of Labour, a recent LabourList article by Andrew Harrop shows the anxiety of the…
John Healey: New figures reveal true scale of Tories’ betrayal of the North
Regional inequality is at its highest level since records began in 1997, and has worsened in every year…
McCluskey demands ban as use of zero hours contracts soars to nearly 1 million
Len McCluskey today demanded Tory minister stop “sitting on the sidelines” and take action to ban zero hours…
Dear Jeremy…my five key arguments for Corbyn’s Budget speech
Dear Jeremy, I have covered multiple Budgets and Autumn Statements – “fiscal events” in the dry jargon –…
Labour could make move to introduce Mansion Tax in early budget
If Labour come to power in May then working on introducing the Mansion Tax would be a priority…
How Tory HQ got it totally wrong on house prices
Just before Christmas I had a mildly diverting row with the hard-working trolls from Tory press office on…
