WATCH: Starmer “doesn’t want” strikes to be about Labour Party, Powell says
Lucy Powell has said Keir Starmer told Labour frontbenchers not to join picket lines “because he doesn’t want…
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Starmer faces dissent as frontbenchers join RMT workers on picket lines
80% of train services were axed during the 24-hour RMT strike on Tuesday. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch…
Banning frontbenchers from pickets may harm Labour’s relationship with unions
“It’s not just a shame. It’s a huge historic amnesia.” That was what Barry Gardiner said to me…
Graham accuses Starmer of “hiding” as frontbenchers banned from picket lines
Sharon Graham has accused Keir Starmer of “hiding” after it emerged that the Labour leader had banned frontbenchers…
Haigh accuses Shapps of “grave dereliction of duty” over rail strikes
Louise Haigh has accused Grant Shapps of a “grave dereliction of duty” over his handling of negotiations with…
Sunday shows: Government is “on strike and not doing its job”, Nandy says
Sophy Ridge on Sunday Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy said Labour in government “would get round the…
Labour needs to show “what we are about”, Burnham warns party leadership
Labour needs to show what it is for and it needs to do it quickly, according to Andy…
“Bully-boy tactics will not wash,” transport unions warn Grant Shapps
Transport trade unions have rejected the “bully-boy tactics” displayed by Grant Shapps today as the government minister warned…
Haigh accuses ministers of “provoking” rail dispute and playing “political games”
Labour’s Louise Haigh has argued that it is “impossible to escape the conclusion” that government ministers would prefer…
Industrial action is the one real power the worker has. Labour must support it
I can hear them now. The Tolpuddle Martyrs, The Chartists, the Suffragettes, the Jarrow Marchers descending upon parliament…
