Government rejects Usdaw call for law to protect retail staff from abuse
Usdaw has vowed to keep fighting to change the law after the government rejected a call from the…
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PMQs: A lesson in priorities, from grouse shooting to the social care crisis
Keir Starmer was forced to self-isolate this week as one of his children displayed Covid symptoms. That test…
Labour slams government for “losing control” of pandemic
Jonathan Ashworth has accused the government of “losing control” of the coronavirus pandemic and called on the Prime…
Former Tory MP dubbed “sexual predator” and jailed for two years
A former Conservative MP has been dubbed a “sexual predator” and sentenced to two years in prison for…
PM suffers at the hands of a Miliband as the latest testing fiasco emerges
Ed Miliband smashed it out of the park yesterday afternoon in the Commons. If you missed the resurgence…
MPs approve controversial internal market bill by 340 votes to 263
Boris Johnson’s controversial internal markets bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons tonight by a…
10 Downing Street has declared war. Two decades of devolution are under attack
Two decades of devolution are under attack. The UK internal market bill is designed to bring an end…
“How on earth does he expect to hit his moonshot?” – Ashworth’s full Covid-19 response
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth in parliament this…
Government fails to bring forward evictions legislation ahead of ban lifting
The government has ignored calls from Labour, local councils and charities and failed to bring forward new legislation…
Government failing to stop outbreaks in poorer areas, says Labour
Jonathan Ashworth has argued that the government needs to “go further” to help the poorest self-isolate as areas…
