“Could you live on a zero-hours contract?” Labour launch new video on dividing line with Cameron
A new video being pushed out by Labour today highlights the difference between David Cameron and Ed Miliband…
Zero Hours Contracts
Labour unveils new and improved zero-hours contract crackdown
Tomorrow Ed Miliband will unveil a significantly stronger plan to crack down on zero hours contracts – introducing…
Zero-hours contracts – a symptom of a wider broken economy
According to new ONS figures, nearly 700,000 people are on zero-hours contracts in their main job – a…
This is the most important election ever – let’s get our facts right
Let’s face it. Things aren’t great are they? I won’t reel off a list of figures about inequality,…
The campaign victories of 2014
As we start looking to the new year (or at least the bit before May), I thought it…
Poor working conditions leads to rise in poverty for young people
Young people in work are now increasingly likely to live poverty, new research shows. The rise in insecure…
“Sports Direct is a bad place to work” – Miliband targets “Victorian” zero hours exploitation
Ed Miliband will today give a speech at the Labour West’s Midland Regional Conference in Coventry where he…
Under 30? Your wages have dropped by 10% under the Tories, says Leslie
Chris Leslie, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, will today give a speech in which he will outline…
The reality behind IDS’s unemployment figures
Figures released earlier this month by the Office for National Statistics show the number of people unemployed falling…
20 ways to make Britain better – 8. How Royal Mail can help nurture the little platoons
If you want a vision of what a liberalised postal service looks like, Holland is worth a visit.…
