Left Foot Forward
Keir Starmer slams Rishi Sunak over nurses strike as a ‘badge of shame’ for the government
The nurses join hundreds of thousands of other public sector workers who are striking this December.
Public support for strike action continues to hold up as Tory attacks fail
“Just under half (47 percent) support strike action versus 34 percent opposed"
The Sun is brutally mocked for front page attacking the RMT and Mick Lynch
“And you lost £50m last year printing this rag”.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of news from progressive outlets...
The damning chart which shows why so many public sector workers are striking
Using data from the ONS, the chart shows how much public sector pay has fallen behind that of private sector pay since 2010.
Here’s what the next Labour government must do to tackle regional inequality
'For regional inequality to come to an end a Labour Government will need to go further, by for example guaranteeing greater funding to poorer regions'