Keir Starmer pledges to ‘smash the class ceiling’
“There may have been times in the recent past where Labour was afraid to speak the language of class at all – but not my Labour Party.”
Basit Mahmood
15-year wage stagnation has left average earnings £230 a week lower than their pre-financial crisis trend
The good news of today doesn’t make up for 15 years of unprecedented wage stagnation.
‘Modest’ wealth tax on richest 0.3% could raise more than £10bn for public services, says TUC
The trade union body has set out options for taxing the small number of individuals with wealth over £3 million, £5 million and £10 million
Over a third of England’s homes will be at high risk of overheating as temperatures reach new extremes, think tank warns
The report also warns that when it comes to work, older workers are a particular risk of heat stress
Number of ethnic minority workers in insecure jobs rises by 132% since 2011
BME workers account for two thirds of the growth of insecure workers in this period – despite BME workers making up just 14% of the overall workforce.
Chart sums up perfectly just how bad Britain’s economy is under the Tories
It comes as a leading economic think tank warned that the UK is on course to experience five years of “lost” economic growth and is at risk of a recession next year.
How the Sun’s anti-net zero campaign is linked to a lobby group funded by the freight and haulage industry
What the Sun also fails to mention is that its five-point manifesto bears a striking resemblance to the ‘five core campaign objectives’ of FairFuelUK
Junior Doctor roasts Tories for making the NHS among the worst health systems in Europe
It comes as NHS waiting lists reach a record 7.6million.
Tory MP failed to declare shares in Shell while environment secretary
‘Ms Villiers deeply regrets her failure to monitor the value of shareholdings and has offered her sincere apologies.’
Daily Mail is the least-trusted news outlet among MPs
Even among Tory MPs, the Mail gets negative ratings