Burnham urged to raise taxes on banks after Barclays reveals 30% rise in pre-tax profits

Burnham urged to create publicly-provided national care service before the end of the parliament, and to keep his promise to ditch neoliberalism

Trade unions call for windfall tax hike to fund social energy tariff to public’s energy bills

Government's plan means ‘extra cash for war and overseas interventions, but less for schools and hospitals,’ Unison general secretary Andrea Egan warns

Labour peer Alf Dubs calls on incoming PM to country’s Britain's borders with a ‘commitment to basic rights, and compassion for those who are in time of greatest need’

Government told to explain what action it is taking to ‘tackle extreme overheating, a problem that will only grow worse without intervention’

The US blockade of Cuba raises risks of a new global pandemic, experts warn at Unison conference