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Rayner outlines plans to improve working conditions and overhaul procurement

Deputy leader Angela Rayner said Labour would introduce a “fair work” standard to improve workers’ conditions alongside plans to overhaul Government procurement and outsourcing. In her first speech to the Labour Party conference, Ms Rayner said if ...

25 Sept 2022 at 20:17

Labour conference gives Starmer chance to stress dividing lines with Tories

Labour’s annual conference is set to kick off in Liverpool on Sunday with expectations high for Sir Keir Starmer to set out the dividing lines between his party and the new Tory government. Supporters of the Labour leader hope he will use the ...

24 Sept 2022 at 12:09

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Scotland will not be ‘drag on Labour ticket’ at next election, says Sarwar

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said Labour in Scotland will not be a “drag” on the party’s ticket at the next election. Labour has been in decline in Scotland over the past decade, falling to third place in Holyrood and in local ...

27 Sept 2022 at 10:04

Labour MP heard calling Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls to suspend MP Rupa Huq after she described Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as “superficially” black. In audio published online, Ms Huq can be heard discussing his elite school background, before ...

27 Sept 2022 at 16:08

Labour not ruling out junk food deals ban once inflation falls

Labour will not rule out banning ‘buy one get one free’ deals on junk food once the cost-of-living crisis eases, Wes Streeting has said. The shadow health secretary said Labour would not immediately oppose Government plans to scrap ...

27 Sept 2022 at 14:20

Rayner: Boris Johnson will be plotting comeback amid turmoil for new Government

Boris Johnson will be plotting his comeback “with a glint in his eye” as the Government plunges financial markets into “free-fall”, according to Angela Rayner. Labour deputy leader Ms Rayner took aim at the Conservative prime ...

28 Sept 2022 at 17:22

Labour pledges 13,000 new officers in ‘return to neighbourhood policing’

Labour will hire an extra 13,000 police officers if it wins the next election, the shadow home secretary has said. Yvette Cooper said on Sunday that a Labour government would recruit more police officers, PCSOs and special ...

25 Sept 2022 at 15:31

Starmer says he supports right to strike as cost of living mounts

Sir Keir Starmer has said it is “reasonable” for people to expect wages that take account of the rising cost of living, as he said he supports workers’ right to strike. The Labour leader said he can “quite understand” how ...

25 Sept 2022 at 11:34

Starmer vows to reverse ‘wrongheaded’ cut to income tax for rich

Sir Keir Starmer hit out at the Government’s “wrongheaded” economic policies as he pledged to reverse the income tax cut for people earning more than £150,000. The Labour leader, who said his party now had a belief it ...

25 Sept 2022 at 13:00

Starmer: It still feels impossible to imagine a Britain without the Queen

Sir Keir Starmer said it “still feels impossible to imagine a Britain without” the Queen, as the national anthem was sung without incident. The Labour leader opened his party’s conference in Liverpool with a tribute ...

25 Sept 2022 at 13:58

Starmer: Let’s set out alternative to Tories’ casino economics at conference

Sir Keir Starmer said the Labour conference is the party’s chance to “set out the alternative” to the Tory Government’s “casino economics”. Arriving in Liverpool on Saturday ahead of the annual gathering, the ...

24 Sept 2022 at 16:59

Starmer sets out energy plan and hits out at ’12 years of failure’ under Tories

Sir Keir Starmer will use the Labour conference to appeal to voters who are “sick and tired” of soaring energy costs and angry at “12 years of failure” under the Conservatives. The Labour leader announced ...

25 Sept 2022 at 09:54

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