Home Office move-on period: Refugees and charities ‘relieved’, but extension must be permanent
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?
Labour
Keir Starmer responds to Kemi Badenoch’s sandwiches are ‘not a real food’ comment
‘I won’t touch bread if it’s moist’
Two thirds of voters agree with capping political donations, new polling reveals
‘The public is fed up with the corrosive influence of big money in politics.’
Majority of voters with metro mayors favour further devolution, Labour Together finds
Good news for metro mayors: more voters have a positive view of them than a negative one
Trade unions say proposed pay increase is an ‘insult’ to millions of public sector workers
Unison, the BMA, Unite and the NEU have all said a 2.8% pay rise next year isn’t enough
Margaret Hodge takes on anti-corruption champion role to tackle flow of dirty money
Lammy says the government will make the UK ‘a hostile environment for the corrupt’
Labour should mobilise progressive majority to win future elections, new Compass report says
The think tank has warned Labour should focus on building on the progressive majority, rather than courting centre-right voters
Trade unions call on government to act on manifesto promise to strengthen statutory sick pay
Union leaders stress that
statutory sick pay in the UK is ‘set at one of the lowest levels in the industrialised world’
The Home Office doubles time refugees have to find accommodation to 56 days
The decision has been welcomed by organisations that support refugees, but they argue that it needs to be made permanent.
‘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.’