Runcorn and Helsby by-election: Meet Labour candidate Karen Shore
Labour has selected local teacher and councillor Karen Shore as its candidate to stand in the looming by-election…
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‘We need more than a reformed state. Politicians need actual training’
Today’s speech was a powerful statement of intent from the prime minister, and a step in the right…
Union backlash as Starmer vows ‘flabby’ state reform and axes NHS England
Keir Starmer is facing a backlash from trade unions over his plans to reform the “flabby” state as…
‘With budgets tight, Starmer is right to crackdown on quangos’
Today, the Prime Minister will make announcements to radically overhaul the State: chief among them a crackdown on…
Runcorn by-election: Disabled aspiring candidate slams opaque snap selection as Labour interviews potential MPs
A disabled Labour councillor has criticised the party’s selection process in Runcorn and Helsby as too swift, opaque…
MP removes name from colleagues’ pro-welfare reform letter amid cuts backlash
A Labour MP has distanced herself from a letter supporting reform of the welfare system she said her…
‘How the Employment Rights Bill will deliver higher wages and less stressful work’
Everyone should be able to earn to live a decent life, but that is not possible in the…
Welfare benefit cuts: ‘What’s the least bad way to find savings?’
Rachel Reeves is said to be on the verge of cutting billions of pounds from health-related benefits. But…
Labour longlists Runcorn candidates as Amesbury to quit, triggering by-election
Labour is longlisting candidates this week for the looming Runcorn and Helsby by-election, which now looks almost certain…
‘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…
