Labour leader: “It was always a political choice” Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s powerful speech in Corby this morning showed the party’s confidence in offering hope and credibility against Boris Johnson’s […]
Corbyn will say general election will be a “crossroads for our country – a once-in-a-generation chance to change direction.” In a barnstorming speech today at the Pen Green Children’s Centre […]
Work until you drop, Literally It seems former DWP Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is not content with the 150,000 or so avoidable deaths inflicted on vulnerable people since 2010 and […]
Strike scheduled for 28 and 29 August A two-day strike action by members of the PCS union working at Stockport’s Universal Credit centre is scheduled to proceed late this month […]
Toddbrook Reservoir dam collapse poses ‘threat to life’ A Derbyshire town is undergoing emergency evacuation after parts of the wall of a nearby reservoir collapsed in floods. Toddbrook Reservoir dam […]
Manchester back-bencher Lucy Powell took on May’s failure – and weighed in on Johnson Jeremy Corbyn raised Theresa May’s abject failure to keep its promises to Grenfell Tower survivors during […]
Former Labour, former CUK, now LibDem – but Umunna didn’t do a cleanse of his Twitter feed As the SKWAWKBOX flagged last week, serial quitter Chuka Umunna has officially announced […]
DWP Secretary denounced report, but civil servants admit it was accurate but offended govt ‘politically’ Your Secretary of State [denounced UN’s report], but now you’re calling it in evidence Leading […]
Tory leadership challenger’s arrogant reaction when challenged over fire brigade cuts Today, just before the second anniversary of the terrible Grenfell Tower blaze that took so many lives, another huge […]
Union initiative has embarrassed government for some time The National Education Union (NEU) #SchoolCuts initiative – supported by an array of other unions – has long been a thorn in […]