A recent article in The House magazine caught my eye. Tory MP Robert Halfon, the former education minister, was reflecting on the general election outcome. You may remember Halfon as the Tory who…Read more…
‘Abdication of responsibility’
Squabbling Tories have no Brexit plan and are risking catastrophe for Britain, Len McCluskey told TUC delegates yesterday (September 10). Speaking at congress’ annual conference in Brighton,…Read more…
Courage
Courage can be contagious, Michelle Obama once observed. She was right — we saw it over the summer when Jeremy Corbyn stepped over the smears piled up around him by the Tories, the media and,…Read more…
Mentioned in Parliament – Cllr Seyi Akiwowo …fighting back against online abuse
A lovely tribute in a maiden speech to Parliament by new Labour MP, Rosie Duffield, to Newham’s youngest Councillor, Seyi Akiwowo, “who has endured, fought back against and now campaigns against the lowest form of racial abuse…”
Labour’s clear strategy
When I worked for ITN during the eighties I would find myself throwing questions at Premier Thatcher and various cabinet members usually outside in Downing Street – decamping to the seaside…Read more…
What has a Labour Government ever done for us? Oh Yes, Redundancy payments
Hat tip Labour history website & twitter feed “On this Day” OTD in 1965. Redundancy Payments Act. “Gives workers the right to receive financial sum should they lose a job”.
Great picture of Labour Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, with his famou…Read more…
What would it take for trade deals to protect workers’ rights?
Protecting workers’ rights in trade deals is essential to ensure trade is fair. If trade deals don’t contain effective protections for workers’ rights, they just make it easier for companies to locate themselves in countries where wages are lower and workers are less able to resist…Read more…
A new Left alignment on corporate governance
I can’t overstate how much I like the report that the IPPR has just issued on corporate governance. I’ve been boring on for a while now about what I see as the end of the 1990s model of corporate governance for the UK. At the same time there has been s…Read more…
Labour is once again proud
Six weeks ago when Theresa May called her opportunistic election it was understandable that there was a sharp intake of labour movement breath. Could we really mount a decent challenge to a prime…Read more…
Housing announcement: Labour’s consumer rights revolution for renters
“The Conservative’s record on housing is one of seven years of failure.
In the private rented sector, tenants are now spending £800 million every month on homes which the Government classes as ‘non-decent’. Around a quarter of this – some £2.3 billion a year – is paid by housing benefit.
Labour…Read more…
Labour’s plan promises to transform workplace rights, says UNISON
Commenting on the Labour Party’s 20-point plan for the workplace, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Labour’s plan promises to transform employees’ rights. These proposals…Read more…
UNISON responds to Labour’s pledge for NHS staff
Responding to Labour’s NHS election pledge, to be announced by shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth tomorrow (Wednesday) in Liverpool -at UNISON’s annual health conference – UNISON general…Read more…
War on late payments
Jeremy Corbyn said on Tuesday (April 11) that a Labour government would “declare war” on the late payment of invoices, describing the issue as a £26bn “national scandal”. The Labour leader…Read more…
What sort of Britain?
When Pret a Manger opened its first sandwich shop in 1986, I doubt many of us would have expected well-known high street chains to end up trying to pay their staff in leftovers. But that’s…Read more…
‘Entirely inaccurate’
Responding to the claims made today (March 20) in the national media by Tom Watson MP, deputy leader of the Labour party, Unite’s acting general secretary Gail Cartmail said, “Tom Watson has made…Read more…
A people’s Brexit
The government has “wrapped Brexit up in fake patriotic posturing” and must not be allowed to turn Britain into “bargain basement tax haven”, Jeremy Corbyn said today. Speaking at the Road to…Read more…
Public supports tough line on exec pay shocker
As I blogged previously, the commentariat was united last week in its certainty that Jeremy Corbyn was talking rubbish when he proposed some pretty tough positions on executive pay.
Amazingly, it turns out the the public favours taking a very tough li…Read more…
Capping executive pay
It’s fair to say that today has not been an unblemished success for Labour. Nonetheless, despite everything, there is something encouraging in what Corbyn has been saying about executive pay.
First off, let’s tune out the noise. Much of the politico c…Read more…
Brexit battle
Labour will fight for a Brexit which delivers “strong relations” with the EU and preserves the UK’s ability to trade in goods and services with the continent. In a major speech in London, Keir…Read more…
“the mayor does not have a mandate from members”
Check out the latest from Newham Recorder following the vote last night in 4 Labour Party branches for an open selection process for the next Mayor.
The current mayor has now (in the speeches of his supporters at selection meetings) “lost the confiden…Read more…