Unions tell Starmer to redistribute wealth via energy bills
And dismiss Reform’s “party of the workers” claim as “laughable”
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It’s not over yet for Starmer
The Prime Minister is safe for now – but even supportive unions have lost faith
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When Britain fought for revolution
The General Strike represented the climax of years of genuine working-class militancy
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Zack Polanski parks his tanks on Labour’s lawn
The Green leader is courting union support as his left insurgency continues
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Union members could decide who the next Labour leader is
With party membership figures plummeting, affiliates take on a new importance
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Andrea Egan wins Unison general secretary election
The result is a serious blow for Keir Starmer, but could help Andy Burnham
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What Angela Rayner will do next on workers’ rights
Restive MPs – in a very febrile time for Keir Starmer’s leadership – are carefully considering what they do next
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Steve Wright: Farage is a racist and I’ll fight the Tommy mob in the street
The leader of the Fire Brigades Union won’t back down
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Inside the battle for Unison’s soul
The election for general secretary of the union has become a microcosm of wider divisions in the labour movement
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After Huntingdon, how do we keep railway staff and passengers safe?
A mass stabbing incident on an LNER train has had a profound effect on all railway workers
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Unite has never looked so alone
It’s at war with the Labour government it helped elect
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The battle for Royal Mail
In one of our oldest institutions we can find the story of modern Britain: a struggle between workers and the…
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Paul Nowak: “I think Nigel Farage is taking the piss”
The TUC boss on immigration, workers’ rights, and why the union movement needs the Labour Party
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Trade unionist Joe Rollin: “Orgreave was a trap, and we fell for it”
The campaigner on justice for striking miners, 40 years on.
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GMB chief Gary Smith: “Oil and gas is not the enemy”
The trade union leader on Labour’s net zero folly and why it can’t win in Scotland.
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Sharon Graham: Unite’s Labour affiliation “getting harder to justify”
The Unite boss on Labour, Angela Rayner, Corbyn-Sultana and dissafilation.
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Are Unite and Labour heading for divorce?
The union’s disaffiliation threat is real but its leader Sharon Graham fears the “personality cult” of a new left party.
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Unite’s dirty war on Angela Rayner
The battle between the union and the Deputy Prime Minister prefigures more strife for this Labour government.
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Eddie Dempsey on why Britain needs a trade union revival
The RMT general secretary is a product of the old left. Can his vision of a popular, resurgent labour movement…
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Arthur Scargill’s crumbling Camelot
Forty years ago, Margaret Thatcher defeated Britain’s miners. Now their union is dissolving – and their former leader is in…
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