Labour will only meet its net zero ambitions if they can keep voters onside
The government must make sure that climate action really does go hand-in-hand with improving living standards, and a fair distribution of costs and benefits
The government must make sure that climate action really does go hand-in-hand with improving living standards, and a fair distribution of costs and benefits
“If you carry on with failed policies of the past which perpetuated poverty, you’ll end up with the same thing”
“Right now it is fair to say that the Labour leaders have tried to silence the voice of pensioners, workers and communities”
“That money belongs in our police, it belongs in our health service, and it belongs in our schools.”
Unite is planning to bring a motion condemning the cuts
“A strong economy is not possible without a strong public sector”
“To avoid the mistakes of its predecessors, the government must recast the relationship between central and local government.”
“Buses are the lifeblood of our communities, but for too many people it has become impossible to rely on local services, as routes have been slashed and timetables hollowed out.
‘It has been the privilege of my life to be general secretary for the Labour Party.’
In reforms designed to shift the balance of power from companies to workers, a system of “compressed hours”, which lets an employee work their contracted week’s hours in four days rather than five, will be included in the package of new rights for workers.