Labour leader Keir Starmer gave the key policy speech at Sage Gateshead culture centre. Picture date: Monday July 11, 2022.
KEIR STARMER’S speech setting out a “fresh start for Britain” claims Labour will “end” the cost-of-living crisis — without once mentioning wages in almost 3,000 words.
We are seeing a widening gulf between the party of labour and the trade unions which founded it.
Just two days and 13 miles separated the Durham Miners’ Gala from Starmer’s speech in Gateshead today, but the themes were worlds apart.
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street