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Keir Starmer pledges to weaning business off 'cheap labour'

Keir Starmer pledges to weaning business off ‘cheap labour’

Labour leader says Britain’s “low pay economy” and its dependence on migration must end in a speech to business leaders today. Keir Starmer says that the UK needs to stop using cheap labour and start paying workers fairly so they can grow their economy.

Can systems thinking improve government policy?

HM Government has started proposals to use systems thinking to drive better policy making within Government departments. Systems thinking can be used alongside existing project management methods like Agile, and PRINCE2 to help deal with complexity, risk, and different perspectives.

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Has the coalition reached a new low

Has the Coalition reached a new low?

It feels a bit like the moment in a horror film when the evil creature who has been lurking in the background creating unseen carnage suddenly exposes itself in its full terrifying goriness to us the petrified onlooker.

Keir Starmer says PM’s ‘failed energy policy’ is causing bills to rocket

Labour leader calls for investment in nuclear, renewables and insulating homes to cut use of Russian oil and gas.

Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of presiding over a “failed energy policy” which is seeing bills rocket, calling for the government to invest in nuclear and renewable energy sources and insulate homes to cut reliance on Russian oil and gas.

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What caused the London Riots?

When, yesterday evening, I re-read my piece about the causes of the Tottenham riots, it was clear to me that in the space of a few hours, my analysis was already pretty much out of date. As the riots spread to other parts of London and then Birmingham (and to a much lesser degree Liverpool), it became apparent that we were not dealing with a situation that could be readily explained as an outburst of anti-social behaviour by disaffected youths who had reached the end of their tether after the killing of one of their number by the police, but something far more fundamental and serious.

So What Happened At Bradford West?

I’ve always been a great fan of Alan Hansen’s football punditry: usually the most inciteful analysis together with a generous dose of Scottish dourness.  But of course his most famous moment was when he got it wrong: “You can’t win anything with kids”.

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John Bercow found to be ‘serial bully’ and liar by independent inquiry

John Bercow should have been expelled from parliament had he remained an MP, an independent inquiry has found, calling him a “serial bully” and a liar.

Labour to test Tories with snap debate on national insurance rise

Opposition move is intended to expose growing unease among Conservatives over cost of living
Labour will spring a snap debate on cancelling the increase in national insurance contributions (NICs) on Tuesday, warning it will cost the average private sector worker £410 a year, as the opposition tries to exploit Tory divisions.

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Keir Starmer vows to create a Britain Scottish people are proud of

Keir Starmer vows to create a Britain Scottish people are ‘proud of’

Labour leader accuses SNP and Tories of being ‘stuck on pause’, but urges activists not to desert the mainstream

Starmer has restored Labour’s strength on national security, says former aide

Writing in the Guardian, Ben Nunn says party’s support for Nato now clear after ambiguity of Corbyn years

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Labour: Angela Rayner will ‘push’ for next leader to be a woman

Deputy leader says she is ‘doing the groundwork now’ to ensure that the party is ready for a female leader

Workers entitled to ask for pay rise, says Keir Starmer

Workers are entitled to ask for a pay rise after a gruelling pandemic and faced with a severe cost-of-living crisis, Keir Starmer has said as official figures showed wages falling in real terms.

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Priti Patel partly responsible for lack of trust in police, says Labour

It comes as Keir Starmer placed the Tories’ record on crime at the heart of Labour’s local election campaign which launched just days after the Met commissioner’s departure, and as Boris Johnson faces possible fines for attending parties during lockdown.

Unite threatens to stop funding Labour over Coventry bin workers’ dispute

About 75 refuse workers started a two-month strike over pay at the start of February, after talks with Coventry’s Labour-run city council failed to achieve a resolution.

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Labour calls on tories to return money from donors linked to russia

Labour calls on Tories to return money from donors linked to Russia

Truss threatened sanctions for Putin supporters if Russia invades Ukraine, but Labour want tougher measures

Southend West Byelection Win for Conservatives in Seat of Slain MP

Southend West: byelection win for Tories in seat of killed MP

Southend West by election win for conservatives in seat of slain mp