Angela Rayner opens up possibility of four-day working week in local councils
Could other local councils follow…
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Liam Byrne says Labour must tackle inequality or suffer same fate as Democrats in the US
“It must be a project that not only raises real incomes but actually helps improve the wealth levels of voters who have simply been left behind by the surge in the wealth of the top 1%.”
Labour loses majority on Newcastle City Council as six Councillors quit party
A former council leader was among those to resign
Former Labour MP Beth Winter quits party
“I cannot in all conscience remain in a political party that is pursuing an authoritarian political agenda whose primary objective is to retain the neoliberal status quo”
Labour gives a pay boost to millions of working people with a 6.7% rise in minimum wage
As a result of the increase in the minimum wage, more than 3 million low-paid workers are in line for a pay rise.
The Chancellor must use the budget to abandon neoliberal policies
Chancellors come and go but the crisis has deepened because they have all become slaves to neoliberal dogmas
Farage and Truss in meltdown over Labour volunteers helping Harris slammed for their own hypocrisy
Where was the outrage from sections of the right-wing press when Farage and Truss went over to support Trump?
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
EXCLUSIVE interview: Mick Lynch warns ‘if you use Tory rules you’re going to get Tory policies’
“If you carry on with failed policies of the past which perpetuated poverty, you’ll end up with the same thing”
Unite furious at timing of Winter Fuel Allowance vote at Labour Conference
“Right now it is fair to say that the Labour leaders have tried to silence the voice of pensioners, workers and communities”