Migrant care workers to leaflet Shabana Mahmood’s constituency in protest against ‘cruel’ immigration changes
Unison says the Home Secretary must drop her ‘cruel’ plans to extend the qualifying period for Indefinite Leave to Remain
Bombshell local election poll shows scale of Labour’s trouble in London
Labour are on track for big losses in London
Reform council leader ousted by own councillors in Worcestershire
Reform has switched leaders less than a year after taking control of the council
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Why the government is wrong to claim that pay increases for public sector workers will lead to further inflation
Unlike in the private sector, the public sector cannot increase its costs for consumers to make up for the higher wages.
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
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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’
Mick Lynch tears into the BBC for ‘parroting right-wing attack lines’
“Why are you pursuing this line, I read this stuff in the Sun and Daily Mail and the Telegraph.”
Sarah Olney MP: The government must approach the biodiversity emergency with the urgency it deserves
‘The protection of a biodiverse environment has been plagued by ill-management and the government’s failure to understand the tangible consequences of poor biodiversity’
Official statistics watchdog reprimands Conservatives over false £800bn post-Brexit trade deal claims
‘It is misleading to describe the £800bn figure as a measure of ‘new global trade’ resulting from the recent deals’