Labour’s Employment Rights Bill will become law in the next few weeks. But will it be watered down by 'pro-business' amendments after its champion, Angela Rayner, quit government? The post Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be ‘gift’ to Farage, experts warn appeared first on Big Issue.| Big Issue
The Labour Party has published its manifesto. Labour claims to raise £7.35bn from additional tax – but almost three-quarters of that is from increased tax compliance rather than actual new taxes. The most obvious criticism is a lack of ambition, and lack of any proposals to reform the most serious problems with our tax system. […]| Tax Policy Associates Ltd
The new soft-left group Mainstream could help propel the mayor to power.| New Statesman
This government was elected to transform the country. We can only do that by rewriting the rules that bind us.| New Statesman
Witnesses at his Gaza tribunal said the government had failed its responsibilities under international law.| New Statesman
Back in the cabinet, back on the Scottish front line. It’s exactly what he wanted.| New Statesman
Mass acts of defiance against the ban on Palestine Action have deepened the crisis facing the Labour government. In London, the Metropolitan police was overwhelmed as 1,500 people took part in the Defend Our Juries (DOJ) protest in parliament square. Hundreds more turned out in solidarity—and thousands more joined from the 200,000-strong national demonstration that...| Socialist Worker
The Labour government is looking for more groups of migrants to attack. One of home secretary Yvette Cooper’s latest initiatives is to tell international students to go home. The home office plans to send texts and emails to tens of thousands of students from other parts of the world, warning them not to try to...| Socialist Worker
Housing secretary Angela Rayner pledged to build 1.5 million houses. Her efforts to buy them has led to her downfall.| Socialist Worker
Angela Rayner has resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary amid a stamp duty row.| Big Issue
Zack Polanski's election as Green Party leader poses a challenge for Keir Starmer, with danger on his left flank, say experts| Big Issue
‘Isn’t it just cruel madness to restrict family reunion, which is one of the few safe routes that currently exist’ The post Home secretary accused of giving into ‘far-right pressure’ by suspending family reunion applications appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The Tory leader has fumbled yet another easy catch.| New Statesman
This is an extract of Neal Lawson’s essay which appears in ‘The Starmer Symptom’, edited by Mark Perryman. Other contributors […] The post ‘Time to Reshuffle the Labour Left’ appeared first on Compass.| Compass
From public support for progressive policies to the courage of Palestine Action defenders, signs of a better future are emerging […] The post ‘Why Optimism of the Intellect Is Needed to Counter Britain’s Spiral Into Despair’ appeared first on Compass.| Compass
Both Canada’s general employment figures and those of the construction sector were on the decline in June, reports Statistics Canada.| On-Site Magazine
Backdrop of U.S. tariffs putting strain on Canada’s private residential and non-residential sectors as infrastructure segment continues to grow.| On-Site Magazine
July was a rough month for employment in Canada’s construction sector, which lost almost 22,000 workers, according to tracking by Statistics Canada.| On-Site Magazine
Companies have been leaning on governments to break strikes. Now they’ll think twice The post Air Canada Flight Attendants Faced Down Ottawa—and Won first appeared on The Walrus.| The Walrus
Outdated public tools leave policy makers stranded while private companies hold the real insights| The Walrus
This article looks at the development of Labour’s Policy as its annual Conference approaches. It looks at the rules commitment to “voting in parts”, and reproduces an NPF report r…| davelevy.info
Campaigners are organising local meetings to discuss what the new left electoral party should look like| Socialist Worker
The current government places a central emphasis on technology and innovation in its evolving national security strategy, and wider approach to governance. Labour proposes reviving a struggling Bri…| Drone Wars UK
Canada’s rethinking of its trade relationship with the United States is a monumental undertaking that needs to start with our competition policy and its contradictory aims. If we want a dynamic and resilient economy, we need less concentration in markets by a handful of companies. Replacing the 1985 Competition Act with a law more focused […]| Magazines – Policy Options
Farage previously said politics should be kept out of football| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
‘You had 14 years in power,’ runs the refrain. ‘What did the Conservatives achieve?’ Often it is those with a Conservative outlook who are the most exasperated. After all, it wasn’t just that the Conservatives failed in their promise to reverse Gordon Brown’s legacy of high spending, tax and borrowing. They presided as all those […] The post Meet the man who saved England’s schools appeared first on CapX.| CapX
The authoritarian impulse to eliminate disagreement and dampen hope will only push voters towards the extremes. Apparently if you’re awful […] The post ‘A Government That Crushes Dissent and Eliminates Hope Will Never Prosper’ appeared first on Compass.| Compass
The post Unemployment up and wage growth down appeared first on Your Money.| Your Money
Party also votes to overhaul complaints process after frustration with handling of antisemitism allegations| the Guardian
Thailand allows foreign workers from eight nationalities to help address labor shortages in key industries and support economic growth.| Thaiger
"Unfortunately, there are too many, largely men, who are responsible for violence against women of all types"| The London Economic
Join us to demand Energy For All NOW. On October 1st, energy bills are predicted to rise again, the same day the Labour Party concludes its conference.| Fuel Poverty Action
Nigel Farage is preparing for a summer offensive on borders and security.| New Statesman
Canada could face a labour shortage in the agriculture sector without engaging key demographics like youth and post-secondary graduates.| Farmtario
I had hoped to see out my life in education without having to write about artificial intelligence (AI). I guess it was never very likely. It would seem that AI is suddenly everywhere. Or if not actually everywhere, is being talked about as though it soon will be. It appears that our new government are…| Teaching it Real
We published this shorter video at 17.00 today: Can growth fix our NHS? Will a booming private sector fund schools and care homes? Rachel Reeves thinks so. I don’t. This video explains why growth consumes the very people and resources we need for care and education—and why it’s time to stop...| Funding the Future
If you listened to the news this morning, you would think that Keir Starmer has recognised Palestine. He has not. He has come nowhere near recognising Palestine. He is playing games with Palestine. He is saying he might recognise Palestine if Israel does not do what he wants. He is giving Israel the right of...| Funding the Future
There are huge barriers to creating new parties of the left, but it just might be possible. The Labour Party? […] The post The New Left: Could a Jeremy Corbyn Led Party Really Break the Duopoly? appeared first on Compass.| Compass
Thanks to consistent pressure from the public, campaigners, and local communities across the country, last year the Labour government rightly […] The post Statement of No Confidence in the Cunliffe Review of the Water Industry to deliver systemic change of the water sector appeared first on Compass.| Compass
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs and trade envoy roles from a further three for opposing cuts […] The post We’re Calling to Reinstate the Four Suspended Labour MPs appeared first on Compass.| Compass
The series of numbers that really matter in UK politics right now. What do this sequence of numbers represent and […] The post ‘Progressives Must Unite Against Nigel Farage and National Populism or Reform Will Win’ appeared first on Compass.| Compass
Gradually, then suddenly comes the end. Britain's ruling regime is in its death throes, says Dr David McGrogan. Angela Rayner's 'Cabinet read-out' this week nicely summarised the cause of the coming cataclysm.| The Daily Sceptic
I went to London region’s fringe meeting. These are held inside the conference centre and must be sponsored by a region. This meeting was called “Getting involved in politics”. It’s platform…| davelevy.info
Labour have replaced a bad regulator with an even larger one| CapX
I have borrowed this idea from Danny Dorling (in his Shattered Nation, 2023) and used the easily accessible data on the Our World in Data website to show how the UK has fallen in the global health …| Mike Haynes - The Jobbing Leftie Historian and Researcher
The restriction of spousal and work-age children’s eligibility ignores systemic power differentials that disenfranchise women| Policy Options
If you were a Labour Party member during the leadership election and the early days of Keir Starmer, you’ll remember all the wry jokes about his stated aim of creating ‘a party of unity’. We very q…| Kay Green
Labour has had power for a year but done nothing #StopDithering| Peter Tatchell Foundation
Also this week: Fighting for disability rights and Labour at a crossroads.| New Statesman
We were addressed by Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. This article summarises the speech, and offers some comments. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor of the exchequer, spoke to Congress. In her speech, She covered a number of issues, starting| davelevy.info
Whether on leader favourability or on key policy areas, Labour is losing ground on almost every metric| the Guardian
“For reasons which they could not comprehend…they found themselves made strangers in their own country”.1 —Enoch Powell, the “Rivers of Blood” speech, 20 April 1968. “[W]e risk becoming an island of strangers”.| International Socialism
Wes Streeting has written an article for The Guardian on his vision for the NHS, which will come out today. Cut out his self-defence and the padding, and two paragraphs appear to relate to his actual plan. They say: Today, the prime minister will launch our 10-year plan for health, to radically...| Funding the Future
As The Guardian has reported in the last hour, Stephen Timms told the Commons after 5 pm with regard to the Bill delivering benefit reforms: I can announce that we are going to remove the clause five from the bill at committee, that we will move straight to the wider review,...| Funding the Future
The Telegraph has this headline in an email this afternoon: I am not in any way condoning what Vylan said, but Starmer gave his 'island of strangers' speech recently and has never once apologised for actively supporting a government pursuing genocide. I suggest he needs to get his own act in...| Funding the Future
The University of Guelph’s board of governors unanimously approved the appointment of world-renowned scholar and leader, Dr. Rene Van Acker, as its 10th president and vice-chancellor beginning July 2, 2025.| Farmtario
The Resolution Foundation says UK incomes will flatline until 2030. This isn’t an accident—it’s by design. High interest rates, unfair taxes, and Labour's inaction are all crushing incomes and deepening inequality. We need change. This is the audio version: This is the transcript: What is screwing Britain? It's a question that needs to...| Funding the Future
New report shows that 98,000 people are denied the social care they need compared to 15 years ago, while Labour does nothing about it.| Socialist Worker
The provincial government and City of St. John’s recently welcomed ride-hailing giant Uber, apparently without concern for workers and riders alike.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
The fight over the 2020 fishing season has exposed many deeply rooted problems in a crucial but troubled industry in Newfoundland and Labrador.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest rate of food insecurity in Canada. It also has the second lowest minimum wage. These two things are connected.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves talk endlessly about fiscal black holes—but that’s not Labour’s real problem. In this video, I argue that the real crisis lies in the party’s loss of purpose, ethics, and vision for Britain. It’s time to ask what Labour is really for. There is no audio only...| Funding the Future
As Nils Pratley (not my favourite financial commentator) says in The Guardian this morning: It’s a miracle. Babcock International, the defence contractor with a specialism in kitting out the UK’s nuclear submarines, has emerged from the depths. After about half a decade in which the story was mostly about cost overruns,...| Funding the Future
Jeremy Corbyn asked this question of Angela Rayner, in her role as Deputy Prime Minister, yesterday: Yesterday 86 people were killed in Gaza by Israeli forces. A further 56 were shot dead while queuing for food to try to sustain themselves under the occupation of the Israeli forces. Israel stands condemned...| Funding the Future
Keir Starmer is facing rebellion from more than 120 Labour MPs over benefit cuts that target the UK’s most vulnerable. Could this be the beginning of the end for his leadership? There is no audio version of this video. This is the transcript: Is Keir Starmer facing a leadership crisis in the Labour...| Funding the Future
This is in the FT this morning, with regard to the now 128 (or more) Labour MPs who are threatening to vote against Labour over cuts to disability and other benefits: So, the logic is that Starmer is over according to the Labour whips, and so the country must go to the...| Funding the Future
As some will know, I posted this poster of my creation here yesterday, and I am doing so again now: I am unapologetic for doing so. After posting it, I saw this article in The Guardian, written by Sally Rooney, the writer of Normal People and other great books, which I recommend,...| Funding the Future
Labour's Planning and Infrastructure Bill aims to allow companies to pay to trash the British countryside. It will do away with existing checks and balances in the planning system and establish a legal framework allowing developers to destroy irreplaceable natural ecosystems. Corporations will pay into a planned Nature Restoration Fund…| Protect the Wild
There was a lively debate about how to take on Reform UK in one of the sessions at the Bristol We Demand Change summit| Socialist Worker
Labour has announced a Universal Credit and Personal Independence Bill, the next stage in making its disability benefit cuts law.| Big Issue
Hong Kong catering group King Parrot has informed staff members about its closure but has yet to sort out severance pay, according to trade unions.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
This Saturday, tens of thousands – including hundreds of RCP comrades – will march in London against austerity. Starmer and Reeves are facing growing opposition to their programme of cuts. The communists call for revolution against the billionaires!| The Communist
This study explores the potential impact of generative AI on the Canadian workforce over the next five years. Through two novel approaches — using ChatGPT to evaluate the generative AI automation risk of occupations and employing the recently established Occupational and Skills Information System (OaSIS) database — we analyze how generative AI might transform work […] Read More Harnessing Generative AI: Navigating the Transformative Impact on Canada’s Labour Market| Research Studies – IRPP
This HillNote is the first in a series of four publications about productivity. The second in the series presents Canada’s productivity performance compared to other advanced economies. The third analyzes the main potential causes of Canada’s relatively low productivity growth, and the fourth analyzes the principal potential solutions.| HillNotes
The Labour Party are running a policy consultation and asking for contributions to be submitted to the national policy forum portal.| www.anothereurope.org
Interview by Adi Berardini What can our fears tell us about one another? Could embracing our fears instead of keeping them at arm’s length connect us closer together? Furqan Mohamed curated the exhibition Who’s Afraid of Labour Justice? as part of this year’s Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts featuring artists Nahomi Amberber,… Continue reading →| Femme Art Review
The Liberals mandated 10 paid sick days for just over four per cent or Canadian workers. We need to do a lot better.| The Independent
As the province updates its public education system, it also needs to restructure the school week to better support those changes| The Independent
Newfoundland was an appropriate filming location for the hit TV series Severance, for more than obvious reasons| The Independent
The provincial government and settlement agencies must eliminate barriers that newcomers face when they arrive, say observers, or else the trend will continue| The Independent
With two days until polls open, Survation predict that Labour will win the 2024 general election with 484 out of a total 650 seats. The...| Survation
Electoral success for Nigel Farage’s Reform in yesterday’s local and regional contests has provoked panic in Labour and Tory HQs alike. Britain’s political landscape is fracturing, as the centre ground collapses. Revolutionary upheavals impend.| The Communist
Employers in the resources sector are watchful of legal developments in 2025 that could significantly impact their labour strategies, particularly their| Workplace Law & Strategy
David Craig has some more CV questions for Rachel Reeves. Including: was her meteoric rise to Chancellor via the HBOS complaints department due to getting an undisclosed leg-up or two from her Labour connections?| The Daily Sceptic
Memes for Shitposters to Seize and Redistribute for Greater Good| Glorious Meme Commissary of Proletariat
If the government listened to postal workers, they could be implementing win-win measures that create secure meaningful jobs as well as address the crises of affordability, isolation, and climate breakdown| The Breach
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Keir Starmer has unveiled his 'plan for change' for this parliament – promising to haul Britain out of the “tepid bathtub of managed decline”.| Big Issue
Scotland has pledged to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Will the Labour government in Westminster do the same?| Big Issue
The post UK “biggest climber” on climate action as COP29 heads to a close appeared first on Climate Barometer.| Climate Barometer
Were Labour's tax rises planned all along, or did the Tories force its hand?| New Statesman
Language is unravelling across the party.| New Statesman
Finally, some rare good polling news for Keir Starmer's party.| State of the Nation
With this large of a majority, perhaps not. But a new Conservative leader could capitalise on the moment.| State of the Nation
Pensioners don't like Labour generally, but the optics matter.| State of the Nation
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that it is extending the household support fund in England until April 2025.| Big Issue
Marx’s invisible hand is the law of value: it explains how a market economy coordinates the division of labour, and therefore why the prices of commodities bear a lawful relationship to the labour time required to produce them.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
On the key concept of coexisting labour.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
On the ultimate material constraint.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
A production process is where labour transforms inputs into outputs.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠