McCluskey pledges support for Labour – there is “no third option”
Len McCluskey, leader of Unite – the biggest union in Britain and Ireland , with 1.4 million members…
Zero Hours
Balls hits back at The Sun over Zero Hours claims
The Sun(£) have reported this morning that Ed Balls is one of several MPs using casual/zero-hours contracts. That’s obviously…
This is what would be in Labour’s first Queen’s Speech
Today the coalition unveil their (rather meagre) Queen’s Speech. There are some large measures (pensions) and some laudable…
Labour MPs hiring workers on zero-hour contracts
Update: An insider tells us that these figures come from IPSA, and are of casual contracts – which includes…
LabourList readers want to ban zero hours
No time for zero hours Last week saw Ed Miliband make an announcement about cracking down on zero…
Weekly Survey: Zero hours, Axelrod – and do you care if you MP is “local”?
Ed Miliband made a set of commitments last week, pledging that a Labour government will crack down on…
Miliband pledges to crack down on worst of zero hours abuses
Ed Miliband will today confirm that a Labour government would crack down on the very work abuses of…
Labour should use the fairness test in formulating the next manifesto
I recently spoke at an event at which I was effectively the warm up act for two of…
This is how we can ban “Zero Hours” contracts
The use of Zero Hours Contracts has reached epidemic proportions with estimates of over one million workers tied…
Lifting boats and raising pay
It’s been a good week for the political debate about living standards and the cost of living crisis.…
