Alex Sobel MP slammed Universal Credit in yesterday’s Opposition Day debate on Universal Credit in the House of Commons. The Labour Party called the debate to demand a pause to the rollout of Universal Credit to allow time to fix the numerous problems with the new system. In the vote that followed the debate, MPs … Continue reading Alex Sobel slams Universal Credit in House of Commons Speech
This morning Philip Hammond made his - delayed - Mansion House speech. Its messages were clear - austerity will continue, the Chancellor is not in agreement with the PM over Brexit. John McDonnell has responded - below. 'The Tories have learnt nothing. . . Only a Labour Government will secure a Brexit for the many … Continue reading McDonnell’s response to Hammond: Only Labour can deliver Brexit for the many
Twenty years ago today, the British elected a Labour government at Westminster - and here in Leeds NW we elected a Labour MP, Harold Best. Harold was a great local MP, who worked tirelessly for all his constituents. And the combination of Labour MP and Labour government brought real benefits for Britain and for the … Continue reading May 1 1997: best for Britain, Best for Leeds NW. What Labour Governments 1997-2010 achieved
In the run up to Christmas, over 3 million families will receive news that they are facing an average loss of well over £1,000 a year. There are currently just over 3 million in-work families receiving tax credits, of whom 2.7 million have children - almost every one of them will be hit by the … Continue reading Tory Tax Credit Cuts will cost 3+m working families average £1300 p.a. – sign up to Labour’s campaign to stop them
We’re often told these days that parties ‘are all the same’. At least that’s the message right-wing media feed to people. But one way to judge political parties is by their longer-term record. What kind of thing has consistently mattered to them over a long period of time? What are their long-term values? On parental … Continue reading Judge parties by their long-term records: Labour’s proposed extra paternity leave has a proud history
In Coalition Britain – don’t be a family with children • As a result of the Government’s tax and benefits policies since May 2010, households are on average £1,127 worse off. But families with children have seen their incomes fall twice as far as the average. Working lone parents are £1,600 worse off a year … Continue reading Alex Sobel: The Coalition has produced a crisis in childcare. I welcome Labour’s plans to double Sure Start places
The clocks went back last night. Winter is on its way. Christmas is coming – the shops are already preparing. Christmas is coming – but all that’s growing fat for many people in Leeds is debt. For many of our fellow-citizens all that Christmas will mean is an ever greater headache – and desperation – … Continue reading The State of the Nation – and the Condition of Leeds: City Council tackles poverty, but we need to reverse rising inequality
Labour Women had a good Conference. It started with the Women’s Conference on Saturday – aptly flagged as ‘Amplify the Voice of Labour Women’. There childcare, equal and low pay and domestic violence were major concerns. Labour’s shadow team contains several women – and they were also very prominent in Manchester. Angela Eagle was widely … Continue reading Labour Women – Labour and Women – Labour for Women: Conference 2014 and May 2015
Labour has announced plans to raise the National Minimum Wage to £8 an hour by the end of the next Parliament. This will ensure that those doing a hard day’s work are rewarded for doing so. It will bring the minimum wage closer to average earnings and affect over one million workers. The problem – … Continue reading Tackling low pay and in-work poverty- Labour’s plans for £8 per hour National Minimum Wage
This week Sadiq Khan staked out Labour’s pitch on equality in a speech he delivered to the GMB - on economic equality - on power equality - on workers’ and human rights And on the essential partnership of Labour and the Trade Unions in this fight. You can read the speech in full HERE We … Continue reading Equality, Fairness and British Values – Sadiq Khan addressing GMB on Labour’s vision.
