Prime minister Theresa May closed the Tory Party Conference with a speech today (October 4) that symbolised the continued failings of a party at the end of its tether. May struggled to…Read more…
‘Complete shambles’
The Tories botched roll out of a new benefit system will continue the government has said, despite cross-party warnings that it is leaving people without cash for months. Unite has demanded…Read more…
Standing on giant’s shoulders
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey, moved composite 1 on growth and investment – here’s what he said: All motions this week, seek to develop the policy of our Party. But they’re…Read more…
‘Scrap the cap’
Public sector pay was at the top of the agenda at the Labour Party Conference this week (September 25), against a backdrop of public sector workers suffering seven years of real-terms pay cuts….Read more…
‘What our country needs’
In the first of Unite’s contributions to this year’s Labour Party conference in Brighton, Unite delegate Mike Hedges intervened in the discussions around transport. He said that, “getting our…Read more…
‘Wicked cuts’
Local councils are being bled dry by the government’s manic devotion to austerity. On average councils receive 40 per cent less central funding than they did in 2010. The cuts have not been…Read more…
‘Compassionate country’
Toffee-nosed Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg ignited outrage yesterday (September 14) after describing rocketing food bank usage as “uplifting”. The multimillionaire MP – tipped as a potential…Read more…
Pay up
Caving into public pressure, the government announced yesterday (September 12) that it will finally put an end to the public sector pay cap, first giving police and prison officers a pay rise now,…Read more…
‘Put people first’
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner warened that “austerity is a weapon that is being used to shrink the state and dismantle the nation’s social fabric” when he moved motion one, a strong…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…
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…
Public sector pay thaw?
After years of protests and falling living standards for public sector workers, the government may finally be reversing its stance on public sector pay. The government today (September 4)…Read more…
‘Human catastrophe’
The treatment of disabled people under the Tories is a “human catastrophe” the United Nations has said. In a damning indictment, the UN Committee on the rights of disabled people said that…Read more…
Govt slammed in disabled ‘shame’
The Tories blew £39m over a year in mostly fruitless efforts to block benefits for sick and disabled people, new figures show. The cash was spent contesting appeals from thousands of people…Read more…
Watered down
In the UK today, it takes a typical chief executive three days to earn what their employees earn in an entire year. Rising pay inequality has become front and centre in an ongoing national…Read more…
Beholden to fat cats
Tory donors gave the Conservative’s £25m – more than double the £9.5m Labour received – before this year’s general election and the party still lost 13 MPs. Donor lists released by the…Read more…
‘Truly in tatters’
The UK economy’s has slowed down ‘notably’ according to the latest GDP figures released yesterday (July 25), with the leader of Unite, slamming the government, commenting that Tory claims to economic…Read more…
National debate call
Following the government’s announcement today (July 26) on plans to ban all new petrol and diesel cars from 2040, Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke believes there needs to be a national…Read more…
‘Roaring’ forties
Millions of workers in their forties will be forced to work an extra year before retiring, after the Tories announced they are raising the state pension age seven years earlier than planned. …Read more…