Labour Conference
Kerry McCarthy MP on Andy Burnham, supporting the hospitality sector, and how to fight off the Greens
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Emily Thornberry calls for the introduction of rent controls in ‘housing crisis zones’
"I think that people are taking the mickey out of this, people are making huge profits out of this."
Labour Conference
Kerry McCarthy MP on Andy Burnham, supporting the hospitality sector, and how to fight off the Greens
Left Foot Forward spoke to Kerry McCarthy MP at Labour Party conference
Labour Conference
Shabana Mahmood announces UK will be opening ‘safe and legal’ routes for Afghan women fleeing persecution and ‘Palestinians who have fled the horrors of Gaza’
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced that UK will be opening “safe and legal” routes for refugees. These refugees will […]
Labour Conference
Rail unions and campaigners welcome Heidi Alexander’s move to look at publicly owned trains
'A big step forward for our railway'
Labour Conference
How trade unions have responded to John Healey’s speech at Labour conference
The speech broadly well down well in the trade union movement
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Woke-Bashing of the Week: Sydney Sweeney, ‘woke’ hypocrisy and the right’s very selective feminism
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The right’s war on the right to vote
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LFF spoke to Joanne Thomas at TUC Congress
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Andy Burnham ‘gets it’ on challenges facing musicians – interview with Musicians’ Union general secretary Naomi Pohl
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Sharon Graham: A just transition could be as transformational as the 1945 Labour government
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TUC calls for end to all UK military cooperation with Israel in wide-ranging BDS policy
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TUC votes to build on ‘Wages Not Weapons’ campaign and advance an alternative vision for security
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