We Need a Second Employment Rights Bill

We Need a Second Employment Rights Bill

The Employment Rights Bill deserves recognition, but it does not go far enough. Labour’s Employment Rights Bill is rightly seen as one of the defining achievements of the government’s first year. After decades of Conservative governments eroding workplace protections,...

Change Begins: King’s Speech 2024

The King’s Speech set out some key foundations for recovery after 14 years of austerity, privatisation and squeezed living standards. I was particularly pleased to see plans to take rail back into public ownership; strengthen workers’ rights through Labour’s New Deal...