Some health employees are now so hard up, they can’t survive without help from their employers.
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“Levelling up net zero:How can we invest in a fair and just transition” Fringe #Lab22
This is the presentation I gave on Monday at the LAPFF/the Smith Institute fringe alongside panel speakers, Olivia Blake MP and Professor Nick Robins. Chaired by Paul Hackett. Many thanks to Paul Hunter from PIRC for speaker notes.”First for cont…Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2022 – Monday morning run
An early morning run before conference in wet and windy Liverpool. I came across some local lads.Read more…
Liverpool port strikes intensify
Nearly 600 Liverpool port workers will take seven days of fresh strike action beginning on October 11 and ending on October 17, Unite said today (September 29). As well as port operatives and engineers, who began two weeks of industrial action on September 19, senior control room operators and control room operators have now voted […]
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‘We must fight back’
I’m proud to be a local government worker, and I was proud to deliver a service during the very challenging period of lockdown. But being proud doesn’t feed my family, heat my home or put fuel in my car. For those things I need decent pay, in line with the rate of inflation. But the […]
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‘We need a real ethical foreign policy’
I work for Toyota. And as a union we are seeing how my automotive sector and many others, such as steel, road haulage, food and many others are being badly affected by the current trading arrangements we have with Europe. This desperately needs to be improved if we are serious about supporting our industries. We […]
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Union leaders call on PM to rule out ‘crippling cuts’ to public services
UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea is one of the signatories of open letter calling for urgent talks with government, amid fears of more austerity
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Government must stop the chaos and abandon its disastrous financial experiment, says UNISON
Borrowing to fund huge tax cuts for the super wealthy has taken the UK economy to the brink.
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‘We need pay justice for public sector workers’
Unite delegate and acute hospital rep Lesley Mansell demanded urgent support for NHS workers and public services as she spoke in favour of a motion on the health service at the last day of Labour Party conference on Wednesday (September 28). She began by thanking all the support given by conference to the NHS, saying […]
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Labour Party Conference 2022 – Sunday PM
A rather random collection of photos from the first afternoon and evening of conference. With picture from an excellent fringe in support of Ukraine with its UK ambassador as well as David Lammy MP and John Healey MP. I asked a question how can w…Read more…
Review: Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921, by Antony Beevor
This door-stopper of a book is, first of all, a work of military history. Beevor doesn’t have much to say about the social, political or economic history of that tumultuous period in Russia. But he…Read more…
Breakfast clubs will give pupils the ingredients for learning
Modern childcare system is the heart of any decent society
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A Labour government can’t come soon enough, says UNISON
Labour in power would understand that well-funded public services, with properly paid staff, help grow the economy.
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‘Still needs to be bolder’
Responding to Keir Starmer’s leader’s speech at Labour conference today (September 27), Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “The real crisis, for everyday families in Britain, is a crisis of wage cuts, frightening energy bills and now soaring rents and mortgages. So Keir Starmer’s promises for change in today’s speech are a start. “But Labour […]
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‘Outrageous profiteering’
Unite delegate Professor Cecile Wright made a vital intervention in a debate on the climate crisis on Tuesday (September 27) of the Labour Party conference. Cecile told conference that the climate crisis was inextricably linked with the current energy crisis, noting that “the Tories have produced a rigged market in the production and supply of […]
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Legal aid ‘a pillar of the welfare state’
Unite delegate and solicitor Niamh O’Brady gave an impassioned speech in a debate on safe and secure communities at Labour party conference on Tuesday (September 27). Niamh highlighted that the legal aid system, which she said is in essence “the right to publicly funded legal representation and advice” has long been a “pillar of the […]
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Unite at #LPC22 – Day 2
Welcome to Monday’s photo highlights of our delegates at the Labour Party conference.
Tune in every day on UNITElive for full coverage of Unite’s delegates at the Labour Party conference.
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Mythbuster: the budget
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s vision for Britain’s economic future immediately proved to be a very dangerous fantasy. We explain why
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‘Every single person’s vote should matter’
Unite delegate Jessie Jacobs made a powerful contribution to a debate on electoral reform at the Labour party conference on Monday (September 26). Speaking in support of a motion on changing the voting system for general elections, Jessie said that her union Unite “recognises and agrees that we need electoral reform and we must oppose […]
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‘Labour must deliver on equalities’
Unite delegate Jane Taylor called for bold action on equalities as she moved a composite motion at Labour Party conference on Monday (September 26). Addressing conference, Jane said that “income and wealth inequality has deepened in this country and here I am talking about it again”. “What on earth is wrong with us that we […]
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