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Unite to push winter fuel vote at Labour conference

Unite, one of Labour's trade union backers, will try to force a vote on reversing the government's cuts to the winter fuel allowance at the party's conference in Liverpool. The union has submitted a motion calling for "a vision where pensioners are not the first to face a new wave of cuts".

The Sun · 1d

Labour’s ‘hiding how many pensioners will be forced into poverty’ by scrapping winter fuel payments

LABOUR is “hiding” how may pensioners will be forced into poverty by its scrapping of Winter Fuel Payments, it has been claimed. The Treasury has admitted in a Freedom of Information request

Evening Standard on MSN · 1d

Welsh Labour minister defends cuts to winter fuel payments for pensioners

Welsh Labour minister defends cuts to winter fuel payments for pensioners - Welsh Labour minister Jane Hutt insisted there is a hole in the public purse and ‘difficult decisions are now being taken’.

BBC · 1d

Tories press Welsh Labour on winter fuel payments

The Labour government in Cardiff has no powers over the cash but a Welsh minister has said the policy risks pushing some pensioners into "fuel poverty". The UK government said it was "right that we target support to those who need it most" given "the dire state of the public finances we have inherited".

Labour, Keir Starmer

Daily Express · 4h

Keir Starmer slammed by senior Labour figure - 'stop trying to justify freebies', PM told

Sir Keir Starmer has been slapped down by one of Labour’s most senior figures and told to stop trying to “justify” freebies. Baroness Harriet Harman told the Prime Minister “doubling down” is angering and alienating voters. Sir Keir has denied being “king of the freebies” amid a deepening political crisis over gifts.

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

How Labour Donor Waheed Alli Holds Sway in Keir Starmer’s Party

When Keir Starmer entered 10 Downing Street as the UK’s new prime minister on July 5, the customary line-up of officials and aides was there to clap him in following the Labour Party’s resounding electoral success.

The Financial Times · 6h

Lord Alli: How Labour donor’s largesse tarnished government’s squeaky clean image

Lord Waheed Alli has always enjoyed picking winners, whether in the worlds of finance, media and fashion where he made his fortune, or in politics. As a young entrepreneur he befriended Tony Blair, who after becoming prime minister ennobled him at the age of just 33.

Samsung sues Indian labour union over strike

Reuters on MSN · 11h

Samsung sues Indian labour union over strike as dispute escalates

By Praveen Paramasivam, Aditya Kalra and Munsif VengattilCHENNAI (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics' Indian unit has sued members of a labour union that has led a strike for 11 days at its only India home appliances plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu,

BBC on MSN · 23h

Why hundreds of Samsung workers are protesting in India

For the past 11 days, about 1,500 workers of South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics have been striking work in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leading to major disruptions in production.

Hindustan Times · 13h

Samsung sues Indian labour union over Tamil Nadu factory strike as dispute escalates: Report

Samsung's lawsuit asks a district court to restrain the union members from agitating, sloganeering and making speeches in and around the factory near Chennai

Man who threatened to kill Labour MP Lisa Nandy is jailed

The defendant, of Old Hall Street, Wigan, Greater Manchester, made the threat to kill Lisa Nandy, MP for Wigan, and now ...

UK Consumer Confidence Dives Amid Labour Tax Warnings, GfK Says

UK consumer confidence crashed in September by the most in two-and-a-half years amid dire warnings from the new Labour ...

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Labour MP urges UK government to nationalise Grangemouth refinery

The Labour MP representing Grangemouth has called on the UK government to nationalise the site's oil refinery to maintain ...

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Labour prepares to scrap job-seeking target for benefit claimants

Labour is considering scrapping a requirement for benefit claimants to spend 35 hours a week looking for work.

BMA sells out junior doctors’ pay fight in partnership with Labour government

The train drivers’ two-year strike and the junior doctors’ action in England were the two remaining national disputes from ...

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Why Labour's Growth Plan Has a Thames Water-Sized Hole

On this episode of In the City, we discuss why the tale of Thames Water has spooked foreign investors, and what the UK ...

BoE bond tinkering offers Labour a fiscal lifeline

It’s rare that Andrew Bailey can cut something more eye-catching than interest rates. The Bank of England governor will this ...

Labour Dilutes Vow to Protect UK Workers From Employer Tracking

Keir Starmer’s government is diluting its pre-election promise to protect UK workers from workplace surveillance, the latest ...

The Economist12h

How will Labour reform Britain’s public services?

Labour has entered office, as it did in 1997, with public services in a mostly dire state. Its prospects at the next election ...

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Emily Thornberry asks ‘is he supposed to take a packed lunch?’ in defence of Starmer amid Labour donations row

The former shadow attorney general defended Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to accept the donations, saying ‘these are things ...

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