EXCLUSIVE: John McDonnell says ‘Labour Party’s purge is having a severe impact on mental health of members’
“We’ve lost over 100,000 members, some people say 150,000, that’s the army that goes out and fights the elections for us”.
Labour party
What to expect from the Labour conference: Division and a lack of clarity from Starmer
‘Starmer has not been the unifying leader many had envisaged, nor has he continued to advocate for the ten pledges he put to the membership a mere eighteen months ago.’
Backlash from Labour activists and MPs after Green New Deal motion blocked
‘Labour for a Green New Deal described the move as ‘anti-democratic’ which was designed to ‘silence members, making a mockery of any commitment to bold climate action’.
What does Sharon Graham’s win mean for Unite and the Labour Party
There is no doubt that Graham’s win will mean a major organisational shake up for Unite
Unite candidates offer final messages to members as general secretary election draws to a close
Candidates for the Unite general secretary election are making a final push in the last days of campaigning.
A quarter of bosses are not giving staff paid time off to get vaccinated
Polling also found that 26 percent of employers had not been paying full company sick pay to staff who are off sick with COVID vaccine side effects.
Tories face backlash over plans that could allow animal testing for cosmetic ingredients
Animal testing on ingredients exclusively used in cosmetics was banned in the UK in 1998.
Backlash continues over Boris Johnson’s ‘unbelievably crass’ joke about Thatcher closing coal mines
‘These are shameful comments from Boris Johnson, and reveal the Conservative party’s utter disregard for the communities still scarred by Thatcher’s closure of the mines’
Government condemned for ‘using taxpayers’ money to pay for opinion polling on Labour Party politicians’
“This all makes me really uncomfortable. Ben Warner wants us to spend £110k of public money per month with the agency who were behind vote leave who have no mainstream polling experience.”
Gerard Coyne: “Obsessing around Westminster politics isn’t what I intend to be involved in”
LFF speaks to the Unite leadership candidate.