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‘The last Labour government delivered Britain’s first ever national minimum wage. The next Labour government will introduce a genuine living wage.’
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A round of progressive news…
Louise Haigh: “Labour in power will bring our railways back into public ownership.”
‘We believe in a public transport system where power is in the hands of the public.’
Labour4PR rally: ‘This is about justice in our political system’
“PR creates a culture of much better decision making and working across parties in order to improve quality of decisions made.”
Interview: Tan Dhesi urges government to do more to guard against imported toxic ideologies following violent unrest in Leicester
“We have to constantly work to keep community cohesion because there are forces at play who do not want that to happen.”
Stamp duty cut slammed for ‘propping up house prices’ and benefiting the wealthier
“People don’t need help to move home. They need help to keep and heat the one they have.”
Angela Rayner tells Labour conference the party will ‘oversee the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation’
‘The Tories have become too dependent on handing away our public services on the cheap’
Climate campaigners threaten legal action over lifting of fracking ban
Greenpeace has hit out at the government’s actions, condemning them as “unlawful.” Meanwhile, Scotland confirms its policy on fracking is not changing.
New campaign aims to raise awareness of clothing deprivation
The initiative is aimed at exposing clothing poverty and waste, to provide adequate clothing for all, and bring about change in law around the right to clothing.
Government faces backlash over plans to ditch proposed bans on fur and foie gras imports
“It’s illegal to produce fur in the UK and it’s illegal to produce foie gras. We have to address the contradiction that if it’s too cruel to be produced here in the UK it’s too cruel to import it.”