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Keir Starmer
Opinion

Labour’s drift to the right could risk Keir Starmer being a one-term prime minister

Prem Sikka
20 December, 2024

The government’s honeymoon has been short lived.

refugees
News

Home Office move-on period: Refugees and charities ‘relieved’, but extension must be permanent

Olivia Barber
13 December, 2024

Refugees faced move-on periods that were too short to do basic things like open a bank account and find housing. Will the new 56-day move-on period help?

A photo of Keir Starmer making a speech at a lectern.
News

‘Starmer must avoid Biden’s strategic mistake’: Reactions to Keir Starmer’s ‘Plan for Change’

Olivia Barber
6 December, 2024

‘Unless economic growth delivers material benefits for more of us, Starmer risks suffering the same fate as US President Biden.’

Child poverty in the UK
News

100,000 more children set to be in poverty within five years, new analysis shows

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 November, 2024

Currently, 4.3 million children in the UK live in poverty, with 1 million experiencing destitution.

News

Healthcare crisis for women in the North East raised in parliament

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
16 November, 2024

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.

Child poverty in the UK
News

UK rates of school absence due to damp-related illnesses 80% higher than European average

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 November, 2024

‘The government, Ofgem, the energy sector and industry bodies must work collaboratively to make energy more affordable for all.’

Child poverty in the UK
News

Reversing two-child limit would be ‘cost-effective’ way to pull 540,000 children out of poverty, says IFS

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 October, 2024

‘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.’

The prime minister Keir Starmer
Opinion

This is what public sector workers need from the Labour government

Fran Heathcote
18 September, 2024

“A strong economy is not possible without a strong public sector”

Equity General Secretary Paul Fleming
News

Equity general secretary calls on Keir Starmer to introduce an industrial plan for the creative industries

Chris Jarvis
10 September, 2024

Paul W Fleming also criticised the government’s decision to make cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance

Pensioners

Winter Fuel Payments explained: What will change, who is affected and why is it so controversial?

Basit Mahmood
10 September, 2024

Today will see MPs vote on whether to cut winter fuel payments to the majority of pensioners

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