Labour free movement campaigners slam decision to duck Brexit debate at conference
“We should also be clear about the urgency of the situation. The end of free movement would be the biggest expansion of border controls in recent British history.”
8.3m people have personal debt problems — it’s a bubble waiting to burst
Personal debt in Britain stands at £200bn and grows by 10 per cent a year. Any increase in interest rates could tip millions over the edge.
The government will lift 1 per cent pay cap — but their new offer is dismal
Jeremy Corbyn said at the TUC that the Labour Party “totally rejects the Tories’ attempt to divide and rule” by offering pay rises to some and not others.
Public sector workers ‘going without a daily meal’ because of Tory pay cap
The survey of 11,000 workers found that 17 per cent couldn’t afford to keep their homes warm, whilst 9 per were going without a regular daily meal.
McDonald’s workers won in New Zealand and they can win here — here’s how
A union activist explains how their decade-long campaign against zero-hours contracts and low pay was successful.
The Tories are preparing to do a U-turn on seven years of public sector pay austerity
Downing Street has refused to deny its planning to end the 1 per cent freeze on public sector pay.
McDonalds workers have gone on strike for the first time in UK history — here’s why
#Mcstrikers picketed McDonalds HQ on Saturday. We went along to hear why they’re taking action.
May drops promise to curb corporate excess, slammed by unions as “feeble”
She promised radical reform in boardrooms and that “big business needs to change”, but the plans unveiled today maintain the status quo in the City.
Our electoral system is hugely unrepresentative and increasingly unpredictable — new report
First-past-the-post is so broken that the Tories would have won a majority in the House of Commons if they’d picked up just 533 more votes.
Rail fares to rise at fastest rate in 5 years exacerbating cost of living crisis
The hike in rail fares will make life even harder for struggling households seeing the cost of goods and services rising, wages dropping and consumer debt growing.