Sajid Javid, Vince Cable’s replacement as business secretary, today (May 12) set out his plans for office in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. Javid, a former banker appointed…Read more…
And so it begins…
The newly elected Tory government has wasted no time in its assault on working people and the organisations that represent them, as business secretary Sajid Javid announced this morning (May 12) new…Read more…
Radical welfare cuts
The UK could very well join the US in being the only developed countries in the world that don’t offer statutory maternity pay, if the Tories emerge victorious on May 8. Work and pensions…Read more…
Five years of pain, very little gain – Vote Labour to avoid more of the same
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis “tells it as it is”.
After five years of pain there has been very little gain. If the Tories are re-elected on Thursday, there will be more years of painful cuts, hitting the the poorest areas the most.
So Vote L…Read more…
Will the NHS be there for you and your family after five more years of Tory government?
Nope, so Vote LabourRead more…
Can your family afford another 5 years of Tory government?
No, so vote LabourRead more…
Tory zealots’ plans for strike ballots
‘We are all Thatcherites now’ David Cameron once told the BBC. Well millions of us will never have any truck with the divisive policies of the 1980s, but this Prime Minister is clearly…Read more…
Coalition court threat to the poorest
While the poorest are put through the mincing machine of council tax arrears, the Tories want to keep tax loopholes for the wealthy. Three million of the poorest people in England have been…Read more…
Dirty Tricks department turned on Sturgeon: Was Memo Leaked or Faked?
SCOTTISH National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon remained centre stage this weekend, offering Labour’s Ed Miliband a deal to keep Tory David Cameron out of Downing Street. Writing in the…Read more…
Who does this country work for?
Nothing was more indicative of the Tories’ base of support than a letter published in the Telegraph yesterday, signed by 103 big business leaders, calling on the public to vote Conservative in May. Among the letter’s signatories were Bob Dudley, the American boss of BP, Tidjane Thiam, the chief executive of Prudential who received […]
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The claim, the maths and the reality
As the general election campaign heats up, prime minister David Cameron made a startling claim on Monday night (March 30) – under his watch, he says, 1,000 jobs were created every day, an accomplishment he pledges to continue if a Conservative government were to be elected in May. Sounds great, but just how much […]
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100 business cheats: Labour threatens our cosy fat cat life
“Today big Tory Business lines up to attack ED Miliband and Labour by sending a letter to a right wing paper saying it would be a disaster if Labour are elected…. Look carefully at these companies and individuals.
They comprise of Corporate Tax Dod…Read more…
Where will the axe fall?
The Tories are refusing to set out how they are going to cut £12 billion from the welfare budget. But documents leaked to the BBC show they are looking to hit carers, children and the disabled in the next round of cuts. Labour urged the Tories to ‘come clean’ about where the axe will […]
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Newham Local Government Branch AGM 2015 – The threat to your pensions- “if it sounds too good to be true then…”
On Friday I was invited to speak at the annual general meeting of the Newham UNISON branch at the Town Hall in East Ham.
This was in my trade union capacity as the Chair of the London UNISON pension network. This is my wr…Read more…
Before you go to bed tonight remember to change your clock according to your political values…
We will fight for workers
Unite’s rule book sounds just the sort of dusty tome to give employment lawyers headaches. Last week our governing body, Unite’s executive, unanimously agreed to make it shorter. It recommended the deletion from our rules of six little words that have governed our union’s actions: “so far as may be lawful”. So far, so […]
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Double-life of Tory MP
For years he said he never had a second job while an MP. For how long did Shapps carry on his double life as Tory MP and online marketer Michael Green? Tory Party chairman Grant Shapps, alias Michael Green, faced calls to resign after failing to record his second job as an online marketer […]
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Labour v Tories 2015: It’s ideological
Last week I watched Ed Balls give a typically combative speech at the RSA about Tory spending and taxation plans if they won the next election.
On Sunday morning I again saw Ed interviewed on the BBC Andrew Marr programme who then went on to intervie…Read more…
Panto dames don’t fool us
You may have thought the pantomime season was over. Oh no it isn’t. Panto dames Scam and Ossie have been hard at work. It’s election budget flash the cash time. Like magic, money which has been scarce will suddenly start appearing. The next budget on 18 March will be the last show of […]
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Caledonia’s sneaky Tory cash drop
Well this is interesting. It turns out that Caledonia Investments hasn’t quite given up on using company money to fund the Tories after all. I speculated last June that they may have given up. My reasons for thinking this were a) they had made no donat…Read more…