Liz Kendall full speech: ‘How we’ll get Britain working again, and follow in the footsteps of Attlee, Wilson and Blair’
This is a copy of Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ Liz Kendall’s speech as written…
Unemployment
Nowak warns UK ‘teetering on brink of recession’ amid job losses in key sectors
Paul Nowak has warned that the UK is “teetering on the brink of recession” and urged ministers to…
Labour will “fundamentally reform” UC to “simplify” the system, Ashworth says
Jonathan Ashworth has announced that Labour plans to “fundamentally reform” Universal Credit in order to “simplify” the system…
The waste of human potential allowed by the Tories must end. With Labour, it will
The UK is suffering an employment crisis that is compounding its cost-of-living crisis. Well over a million people…
The Conservatives are overseeing a criminal waste of Britain’s potential
It’s time to debunk Boris Johnson’s big jobs lie. Keen observers will have noticed that, whenever he is…
Labour must marry up green ambitions with the economic needs of the country
‘Jobs, jobs, jobs’ seems to have become the 1997-esque Labour Party mantra of the Covid era. The economic…
Scottish Labour unveils ambitious job guarantee plan to tackle unemployment
Scottish Labour has unveiled an ambitious plan for tackling unemployment in Scotland that would offer a job guarantee…
Sarwar announces new ‘Scottish skills benefit’ policy for retraining workers
Anas Sarwar has announced a new ‘Scottish skills benefit’ policy that would help the furloughed, the out-of-work and…
Protection of jobs will only get us so far. Where is the plan for job creation?
Beneath the upbeat headline announcements from his Budget, Rishi Sunak’s short-termist decisions and inaction spell bad news for…
The Tories risk creating another lost generation scarred by unemployment
When I was growing up in the North East in the 1980s, unemployment wasn’t just an economic consideration…
