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Fathers and Their Daughters
Published: October 4, 2016
Written by Harold Elletson
Corbyn maps out ‘road of advance’
Published: September 28, 2016
Written by Ian Hernon
Don’t it always seem to go…
Published: September 28, 2016
Written by Andrew Rosthorn
Labour pledges right to quality childcare
Published: September 27, 2016
Written by Ian Hernon
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has launched a Labour taskforce at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool to “transform early years provision” for all families, saying that every parent should …
Intervention the key to economic prosperity, says McDonnell
Published: September 26, 2016
Written by James Douglas
At Labour annual conference in Liverpool, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell insisted that Britain needs an interventionist government working with the private sector. An incoming Labour government would borrow in the …
Corbyn calls for more grassroots power
Published: September 26, 2016
Written by Ian Hernon
Jeremy Corbyn has promised to hand more power to grassroots Labour activists but insisted that most sitting MPs need have no fear of deselection. The re-elected Leader said that, after …
Corbyn wins with increased mandate
Published: September 24, 2016
Written by Ian Hernon
Corbyn readies Labour for snap election
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by Ian Hernon
Jeremy Corbyn told party activists after Labour’s bruising Leadership contest: “Together we are very, very strong”. From now on the party’s priority must be “reaching out, involving people in politics …
BBC losing out on iPlayer fees
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by David Hencke
The cash strapped BBC is failing to recover tens of millions of pounds for broadcasters by not having an up to date strategy on licence evaders. A report by the …
TUC to back corporate probe
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by Ian Hernon
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady has backed a Commons probe into corporate governance which will focus on excessive executive pay and the make-up of boardrooms. The move by the business, …
News In Brief
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by Tribune web editor
By-elections after the death of Labour MP Jo Cox and the resignation of former Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron will be held on 20 October. Mrs Cox was killed in …
No Brexit talks for a year
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by James Douglas
Former European Council president Herman Van Rompuy warned that substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the EU are unlikely to start much before the end of …
Saudi arms sales slammed
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by James Douglas
The foreign affairs select committee has ruled that British courts should decide the legality of Government arms exports to Saudi Arabia. The MPs backed calls for the UK to suspend …
Voters prepare for Presidential election ‘slugfest’
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by Ian Hernon
In what has become the dirtiest US election campaign in memory, Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Gary Johnson both failed to qualify for the first presidential debate on …
Girls suffer abuse at school
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by James Douglas
The Women and Equalities Committee has exposed a shocking scale of sexual harassment and sexual violence that is not being tackled effectively in British schools. I ts report revealed that …
Grammars under fire
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by James Douglas
Theresa May’s plans for a new wave of selective schools in England has began to unravel as they were condemned across the political and educational spectrum, but some councils in …
Picket police ‘faked’ Orgreave statements
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by Ian Hernon
A former policeman embroiled in the Battle of Orgreave has revealed he refused to obey “wrongful orders” from senior officers. His evidence will bolster evidence that the police, given a …
BECTU members approve Prospect merger
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by James Douglas
The media and entertainment union BECTU is to merge with Prospect next year after its membership voted decisively in favour of joining forces with the professionals’ union. The ballot closed …
Health inequality revealed
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by Ian Hernon
Ian Hernon New TUC research has found that around one in eight (12%) men and women are forced to stop working before state pension age due to ill-health or disability. …
Bosses pay hits ‘stratospheric’ new heights
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by James Douglas
The TUC warned directors’ pay at FTSE 100 firms has reached “stratospheric” levels, with top executives receiving a year’s worth of the minimum wage in just one day. The research …
Time called on ‘Victorian’ workplaces
Published: September 23, 2016
Written by Ian Hernon
The TUC has warned companies that there will be “no hiding place” if they exploit their workers. General secretary Frances O’Grady told delegates at its annual conference in Brighton that …