TUC calls on government to address “disproportionate” BAME unemployment
The TUC has declared that “ministers must get to grips with how to stop disproportionate BAME unemployment” after…
Unemployment
Labour demands “economic package that acknowledges reality” in Covid crisis
Anneliese Dodds has called on the government to bring forward an “economic package that acknowledges reality and gets…
Labour accuses government of “smash and grab raid” on struggling businesses
Labour has described the government’s decision to force local authorities to hand back £1.3bn in unspent emergency coronavirus…
Cap wages for highest earners to save jobs in Covid, new report urges
A new report has called on the government to cap the salaries of the highest earners in an…
Government must adopt local furlough approach to save jobs, says TUC
The TUC has called on the government to adopt a new approach to prevent mass unemployment in the…
The new job scheme is far inferior to furlough. We need a people’s bailout
The Chancellor’s winter economy plan essentially announced a mass cull of jobs that it deemed “non-viable” while imposing…
The new job scheme is important – but ministers will need to do far more
Unions have been pushing hard for months for jobs support to continue beyond October. The short-time working scheme announced…
Britain must be bold – and listen to Gordon Brown in the Covid fight for jobs
The Tories have spent decades in denial about the power and ability of our state to directly intervene…
Welsh Labour: Hitachi withdrawal from Wylfa project “deeply disappointing”
Welsh minister for economy, transport and North Wales Ken Skates MS has described news that Hitachi has withdrawn…
1,200 local Labour leaders urge PM to rethink end of furlough
1,200 council leaders, mayors and councillors across the country have called on the Prime Minister to rethink the…
