Can the UK afford the New Deal for Working People?
Time will tell if Angela Rayner's flagship policy commitment will bolster the power of the workforce, and drive economic growth.
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Will Keir Starmer’s “partnership” with the trade unions work?
The Prime Minister is pursuing a model of industrial relations not seen since Harold Wilson.
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Paul Nowak: “We need to see public-sector pay restored”
The TUC general secretary on why Labour must do more to support both workers and pensioners.
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Pat Cullen’s Sinn Féin gambit
Is the former head of a powerful nursing union swapping clout for obscurity?
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The Policy Ask with Mike Clancy: “Who inspires me? Tony Blair”
The general secretary of Prospect on skills gaps, nuclear power, and why strong principles mean nothing without the ability to…
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Will Keir Starmer’s agreement with the unions last?
Labour is sticking by the New Deal for Working People for one big reason.
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Elon Musk’s fight against workers’ rights
The billionaire is leading corporate America’s latest assault on working people.
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Keir Starmer lands with a bump
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Unite chief: “I’ve seen zilch on Labour’s green prosperity plan”
At this week’s TUC conference, Sharon Graham and other union leaders reflected the split in the left over net zero.
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Trade union militancy will outlast the Tories
At the TUC conference in Liverpool, the gap between what the unions want and what Labour is offering is glaring.
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Keir Starmer’s non-stop Blairisms
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Labour still needs the unions
Angela Rayner’s lead on workers’ rights is keeping organised labour behind the party – for now.
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Insult teaching unions, Gavin Williamson, and you attack all teachers
Doesn’t he know we unionise precisely because of the dire conditions he created for schools?
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Are trade unions facing their own #MeToo moment?
A shocking report into the TSSA exposes the misogyny and harassment endured by women in the labour movement.
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Is Mick Lynch in trouble?
The leader of the RMT union seemed rattled on the Today programme this morning.
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Mick Lynch: “Starmer’s Labour could be another version of the Tories”
The RMT general secretary on the case for strikes, the war in Ukraine and why he backed Brexit.
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Why is Wes Streeting challenging the BMA?
The shadow health secretary is trying to find a middle ground on the NHS.
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PayPal vs Toby Young isn’t about free speech – it’s about the free market
If a bakery doesn’t have to bake a gay cake, why can’t PayPal withhold its services from someone spreading vaccine…
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Labour must “face reality” on the energy crisis and back fracking, says GMB boss
The leader of one of the most powerful trade unions has urged the party to abandon “bourgeois environmentalism”.
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Sam Tarry: Starmer’s position on public sector pay “will totally break down”
The sacked shadow transport minister warns that the Labour leadership is making “catastrophic errors” by “creating a punch-up with our…
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