All Unite general secretary candidates reach ballot. What does the left do now?
All four candidates in the Unite the Union general secretary election have secured the number of branch nominations…
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Starmer’s life story, Unite and GMB news, plus Tory aid budget rebellion
LabourList is back, as MPs also return to the House of Commons today with the end of parliamentary recess.…
Sharon Graham secures place on ballot in Unite general secretary race
Sharon Graham is the first to have secured a place on the ballot in the race to succeed…
Labour NEC member Howard Beckett of Unite suspended over Priti Patel tweet
Something brilliant happened in Glasgow yesterday. Protesters in Pollokshields, hundreds of local residents, surrounded an immigration enforcement van…
Tories in hot water over lobbying, but could ‘Teflon Boris’ evade blame again?
Forget revolving door – the door is wide open. A hole in the wall through which former and…
Unite general secretary race kicks off as McCluskey announces retirement
The Unite general secretary election is now underway as Len McCluskey has officially announced his retirement to the…
In the face of government attacks on our civil liberties, we must protest
Over a year since the first lockdown, we could write a thesis on the government failures. The failure…
The Budget should recognise and repay the sacrifices of our frontline workers
Budgets often only register with voters when some howler is made by the government, like George Osborne’s stupid…
HeartUnions week: How Unite has secured wins for workers during Covid
“Thank you. We couldn’t have won this without Unite.” So began the email from a highly relieved Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick…
National Apprenticeship Week: How the government can build the future
Following the takeover of GKN by Melrose Industries in 2018, I met with directors to discuss establishing a…
