The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
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Labour must change the migration narrative to humanity, not hostility
CEO of Care4Calais STEVE SMITH argues party members should demand their government abandon failed deterrence strategies and embrace safe routes for asylum-seekers, prioritising compassion over pandering to the right
Activists and supporters of Labour Campaign for Free Movement demonstrate outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, September 22, 2024
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Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
The ceasefire may have halted the fighting for now, but years of economic warfare and recent military attacks have left millions of Iranians facing hardship and uncertainty, says Codir’s RUBEN BRETT
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
DELEGATES at the Labour Party conference may have arrived full of hope as 14 years of Conservative government come to an end, but what hope does the refugee community have that life will be better under a Labour government?
The early days of the Labour government have been a mixed bag on migration.
The relief of the Rwanda plan being scrapped is tempered by speculation of alternative third-country processing agreements.
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