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Labour defends rule changes designed to make mayors more …
19 hours ago · Members of Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and party sources have defended rule changes designed to make regional mayors more accountable and better connected to existing party structures and party members. A party source told LFF that Labour Metro Mayors are doing great work across ...
Dozens of MPs issue call to scrap increase in bus fare cap
2 days ago · In this year’s budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced that the cap on bus fares in England will remain in place, but that it will increase from £2 to £3 in January.At the time, that decision was highly controversial, with thousands of people signing a petition in advance of the budget calling for the £2 cap to be kept. ...
MPs issue cross-party call for National Commission so that First …
3 days ago · The report also calls for a clampdown on dark money in politics and a requirement for social media companies to be transparent about how they handle ‘legal but harmful’ content, including disinformation. MPs from across the political divide have come together to …
Labour must reform local government - but it's important to get …
2 days ago · Gavin Callaghan is the Labour leader of Basildon Council . It’s probably a stretch to describe it as a media buzz, but it’s rare that local government makes the leap from the pages of trade journals like the Municipal Journal and the Local Government Chronicle into the Times.That the impending English Devolution White Paper has done so is testament to the scale of the change that looks set ...
Making the case for proportional representation against the …
2 days ago · Without guardrails, PR becomes ‘anything goes democracy’ which is ultimately no democracy at all but just a child with a handgun. Trump’s win has sent shockwaves through the heart of liberal democracy, and the voting systems designed to protect it …
Over 60,000 people sign petition calling for Rachel Reeves to keep …
Oct 28, 2024 · More than 60,000 people have signed a petition calling for the £2 cap on bus fares in England to be maintained. The petition comes after rumours that the chancellor Rachel Reeves would not extend the cap on Wednesday in her first budget since Labour entered government.
U.S. election: Why there is still much to do to ensure a Kamala …
Oct 8, 2024 · 270toWin: National polls: Harris 49.5% – Trump 45.7%; Harris +3.8. Cook Political Report’s Swing State Project Survey (Amy Walter and Jessica Taylor) shows Harris leading (AZ +2, MI+3, NV +1, PA +1 and WI +2) or tied (NC) with Trump in all but one (GA -2) of the seven battleground states and with an overall lead of 49%-48% nationally (2 …
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Left Foot Forward’s 15 biggest interviews of 2023
Dec 30, 2023 · 4. Sharon Graham. One of the most prominent trade union leaders in 2023 was Sharon Graham – the general secretary of Unite. She has become known for leading a union which has won scores of massive victories for workers, including dozens of double digit pay rises in workplaces across the UK.