The End Fuel Poverty Coalition campaign group has said that fuel poverty could become endemic in the UK unless swift action is taken. New data from the group shows that one in five households will be forced into fuel poverty as Ofgem’s energy price hike is set to hit thousands from 1 October. A new…
The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is set to end today. The scheme, which supported the wages of one-third of workers at its height, is estimated to have cost around £70 billion. A wave of redundancies and a corresponding increase in unemployment is now likely. However recent ONS data has shown some sectors in recovery,…
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer presented his vision for government in his keynote speech in Brighton this afternoon, at the first in-person party conference since his election as leader. He said a Labour government would modernise industry and education, reform mental health services, toughen the criminal justice system and tackle climate change with a ‘green…
Starmer conference speech: LIVE 10:45am – David Lammy: No uncosted pledges. David Lammy, the shadow justice secretary, criticised former leader Jeremy Corbyn for making uncosted spending commitments during prior conference speeches and said Sir Keir Starmer would not make the same mistake. Lammy said: We will not be making proposals that cannot be costed, the public…
