‘Starmer must avoid Biden’s strategic mistake’: Reactions to Keir Starmer’s ‘Plan for Change’
‘Unless economic growth delivers material benefits for more of us, Starmer risks suffering the same fate as US President Biden.’
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100,000 more children set to be in poverty within five years, new analysis shows
Currently, 4.3 million children in the UK live in poverty, with 1 million experiencing destitution.
Healthcare crisis for women in the North East raised in parliament
Girls aged four to six in the North East can expect to live in good health for only 59.7 years, the lowest healthy life expectancy in England, and six years less than those in the South East.
UK rates of school absence due to damp-related illnesses 80% higher than European average
‘The government, Ofgem, the energy sector and industry bodies must work collaboratively to make energy more affordable for all.’
Reversing two-child limit would be ‘cost-effective’ way to pull 540,000 children out of poverty, says IFS
‘The recent rise in measured child poverty is entirely driven by higher rates of poverty among families with three or more children. Scrapping the two-child limit would be a cost-effective way of reducing child poverty.’
This is what public sector workers need from the Labour government
“A strong economy is not possible without a strong public sector”
Equity general secretary calls on Keir Starmer to introduce an industrial plan for the creative industries
Paul W Fleming also criticised the government’s decision to make cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance
Winter Fuel Payments explained: What will change, who is affected and why is it so controversial?
Today will see MPs vote on whether to cut winter fuel payments to the majority of pensioners
Fran Heathcote: New government needs to deliver pay restoration for civil servants
Left Foot Forward spoke to the PCS general secretary at TUC Congress
Siân Berry gives her verdict on two months of a Labour government
Left Foot Forward interviewed the new Green Party MP at the party’s conference in Manchester.