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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jack Maidment

Keir Starmer's Labour conference speech in full

Sir Keir Starmer today delivered his eagerly anticipated speech to the Labour Party's annual conference in Brighton.

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

The policies in Keir Starmer’s 2021 Labour conference speech

Most of the policies in the speech were not new announcements

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Keir Starmer says insulating homes will be Labour’s ‘national mission’

Party pledges £6 million a year insulation programme

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Keir Starmer announces he will make two weeks work experience compulsory again

Work experience was made optional by the government in 2012 but Labour will reverse the move

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

BBC stoking row over trans rights, Labour frontbencher David Lammy says

Shadow justice secretary says corporation is deliberately asking about issues not of interest on the doorstep

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Brexit talks could reopen as Labour pledges to ‘fix’ Boris Johnson’s deal

Opposition signals it could reopen negotiations with bloc

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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James Tapsfield

Nick Thomas-Symonds is left red-faced when for current minimum wage

Nick Thomas-Symonds struggled as he was asked for the figure - £8.91 per hour - during a round of interviews.

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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James Tapsfield

Keir Starmer faces fresh hard-Left revolt on £15 minimum wage

Unions are forcing a vote at party conference this afternoon on hiking the minimum wage to £15 an hour - from under £...

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Labour invokes Tony Blair with ‘tough on crime’ and anti-social behaviour push

Shadow Home Secretary promises police crackdown in party conference speech

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Critics of Angela Rayner ‘scum’ comments should stay off ‘moral high horse’, John Bercow says

Former Speaker says Labour deputy leader should not be ‘damned to perdition’

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Unions block Labour from backing proportional representation despite mass support from members

Voters sent by local parties back policy by 80 per cent to 20 per cent

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Labour shadow cabinet minister quits after Keir Starmer orders him to oppose higher minimum wage

Keir Starmer has been hit by a shadow cabinet resignation in the middle of his party conference after a row with one ...

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Brexit and low wages to blame for UK truck driver shortage, Angela Merkel successor says

Olaf Scholz, set to take over as German chancellor after coalition talks, offers advice to UK

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Andy Burnham criticises Labour for excluding northern mayors from conference

Mayor of Greater Manchester lays out skeleton of alternative policy platform

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Members who joined Labour under Corbyn were ‘misguided’, Starmer shadow minister says

Frontbenchers kick off conference with call to take fight to the party’s left wing

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Tories accused of worsening heating bill crisis by scrapping home insulation scheme

Green Homes Grant voucher scheme scrapped well short of target and replaced with direct grants to councils

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Labour says it would bring back industry-wide collective bargaining for wages

Party would introduce ‘fair pay agreements’ to put floor under pay and conditions

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Keir Starmer fails to win support for Labour rules changes in ‘car crash’ meeting with union chiefs

Leader leader wants to scrap one member one vote for leadership elections

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Keir Starmer faces defeat over Labour rule changes after frosty reception from unions

The Labour leader wants to end one-member-one-vote and hand more power to MPs

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Government eyes windfall tax on energy companies that profit from gas price hikes

Windfall tax on generators and traders among list of options being considered, Kwasi Kwarteng indicates

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Government spends half a million pounds trying to block release of information under transparency...

Public concerned about increasing government secrecy after departments call in lawyers

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Keir Starmer pushes to scrap one-member-one-vote for Labour leadership elections and return power...

The change would likely lock the left out of the party leadership for good

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Next few months could be ‘very difficult winter’ for those hit by benefit cuts, business secretar...

Perfect storm of tax hikes, benefit cuts, rising bills, Covid, and supply chain issues is raising concern about comin...

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Some Afghans who helped UK troops during war will be left behind, defence minister admits

MPs say people who ‘clearly qualify’ for assistance scheme and who are at risk being left to Taliban

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Government considers temporary nationalisation of energy companies to stop collapse

‘Special administrator’ could be appointed as gas prices and energy cap put companies at risk

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Boris Johnson rejects plea for emergency work visas after Tory MP warns ‘crops are rotting in the...

Producers having to throw away vast amounts of produce after EU labour dries up

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Health Secretary defends Tory MPs refusing to wear masks in parliament

Sajid Javid says masks are only part of a ‘suite of measures’

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jack Maidment

PM will not take bereavement leave following death of his mother

There are currently 'no plans' for Boris Johnson to take bereavement leave following the death of his mother, Downing...

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Keir Starmer made backroom deal to reinstate Jeremy Corbyn and then broke it, union chief says

Former Unite boss Len McCluskey says public could see Labour leader as ‘someone who can’t be trusted’

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Teenagers will be able to overrule parents to get Covid vaccine, government says

Vaccines minister says long-established principle of ‘Gillick competence’ will apply

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Brexit: UK government threatens to suspend Northern Ireland deal

EU ‘would be making a significant mistake’ to ignore our threats, Lord Frost says

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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James Tapsfield

Just a handful of rebels defy Boris to vote against £12bn tax raid

Boris Johnson's dramatic move to bail out the NHS and overhaul social care with an eye-watering hike in national insu...

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Henry Martin

Boris Johnson's social care tax rise plan PASSES through the Commons

MPs have supported the Government's NHS and social care tax rise plan by 319 votes to 248, majority 71.

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Priti Patel accused by France of ‘breaching trust’ over channel crossings

Home Secretary’s threat not to pay bill for patrols

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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James Tapsfield

MPs set to approve £12bn tax raid for NHS and social care TODAY

The Commons is expected to rubber-stamp Boris Johnson's extraordinary national insurance hike - which pushes the tax ...

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Covid booster vaccines to get green light in ‘next few days’ says health secretary

Sajid Javid says work on booster programme ‘almost done’

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Henry Martin

We need even MORE cash, NHS bosses tell Boris

The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers, which represent hospitals and health organisations, had wanted £10billion a ...

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Government says polluters can dump raw sewage into rivers as Brexit disrupts water treatment

Supply chain disruption leading to fears of water treatment chemical shortage

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etwa 3 Jahre ago
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Jon Stone

Government suspends pensions triple lock due to pandemic effects

Second Conservative manifesto pledge broken in one day

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