Our new Labour government: time to prove yourselves

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Nice one Sultana, now you've split the left, strengthening the right, making it more likely that they'll get in next time. So stupid.

 

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Nice one Sultana, now you've split the left, strengthening the right, making it more likely that they'll get in next time. So stupid.

Dunno, she’s one of the MPs suspended for voting against the 2-child benefit cap years ago. That’s the only thing I know about her

 

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Well, at least Labour have some priorities right: they wanna make it easier for us to book a GP, want want everyone to have access to a family doctor.

Government to stop 8am scramble for doctors in the UK

The government has pledged to make it far easier to book and see a doctor in the UK as part of its new 10-year health plan.

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2 Senior MPs have suggested Starmer may be ousted within months if Labour continue to perform poorly.

Sir Keir Starmer could be ousted as PM within months, two senior Labour MPs tell Sky News

A member of the government and a prominent MP said Sir Keir Starmer could be ousted unless Labour has a strong showing in May's elections.

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This seems to be becoming the norm, and not just for Tory PMs!

 

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We need him replaced with a proper remainer, not someone like him with his pathetic "make brexit work" slogan.

I saw a clip of him from 2017 in a YT video about brexit, saying how we mustn't return to the EU since it's the "will of the people" to be out. What a load of bullshit, this is no remainer.

As I said previously, I like him less and less as time goes on and his general popularity has nosedived. I'd say good, but the problem is that this makes it much more likely that the tories, or nowadays, Reform, get into power, so we really need a Labour leader who is popular, hence I'm up for getting rid of him for a good, centre left leader who wants to rejoin the EU. I don't know of anyone who meets that criteria though, unfortunately.

 

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Another important thing that Labour are getting right. Those NDAs are clearly there to cover up wrongdoing by the employer and should never have been legal in the first place. In my opinion, they also breached human rights.

UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work

Exclusive: Changes to workers’ rights bill will prohibit the silencing of staff who suffer harassment or discrimination

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Another important thing that Labour are getting right. Those NDAs are clearly there to cover up wrongdoing by the employer and should never have been legal in the first place. In my opinion, they also breached human rights.

UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work

Exclusive: Changes to workers’ rights bill will prohibit the silencing of staff who suffer harassment or discrimination

www.theguardian.com

Long time coming, at least we trust Labour when it comes to worker rights, where it’s like screw the Tories!

 

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Well, pressure is mounting on Rachel Reeves to resign, with the high tax, high spending policies.

Majority of Brits want Rachel Reeves to resign as Labour's chaos continues

A poll of UK voters has revealed the public is losing faith in the Keir Starmer-led government, with a growing number of Brits demanding high-profile figures step down

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Well, the government are considering a wealth tax. Anyone with > £6 should be taxed 2% of their wealth every year.

Keir Starmer should be bold and consider a wealth tax, Neil Kinnock says

Former Labour leader says government needs a better narrative and risks being bogged down by ‘imposed limitations’

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Watcha think?

 

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Why am I not surprised that these red tories are putting the workers' rights bill under threat? This was one of the few things to come from them that would have directly benefited me.

Keir Starmer has sought to tighten his grip on his government with a wave of junior ministerial changes that has sidelined allies of the unions, raising questions over the future of Labour’s workers’ rights package.

Madders’ removal, along with Rayner’s forced departure from her two government positions and post as Labour’s deputy leader, removes the key figures who helped design Labour’s employment rights bill – a policy unions praised as the government’s most ambitious commitment to workers’ rights in decades.

Starmer will also not attend this year’s TUC conference, a decision that has intensified concerns and rumours among unions and some inside Labour that the government is distancing itself. Rayner was the cabinet minister closest to the unions, and Madders had been given the job of turning the new deal into legislation.

Reshuffle of junior ministers raises fears over future of Labour’s workers’ rights bill

Some believe fight is looming over sweeping reforms after employment rights minister Justin Madders sacked and union allies sidelined

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Angela Rayner losing her job due that stupid tax error could be bad for workers' rights. These rights are the one thing that I wanted Labour to get in for, so don't ruin it now.

Union leaders have urged the government not to water down protections for workers under the Employment Rights Bill, which is in its final stages in parliament.

Fears that changes could be made to the legislation have grown with the resignation of Angela Rayner after she was found to have breached ministerial code by underpaying stamp duty on her second home.

Rayner was a champion of the bill, which unions say will provide a range of protections to workers. Critics of the legislation say it is too restrictive on employers and will lead to fewer jobs.

A cabinet reshuffle following Rayner's departure is being viewed by some as an opportunity for Keir Starmer to ease concerns in the business world.

With MPs set to debate amendments to the bill next Monday, September 15, unions are calling on ministers not to dilute the new legal protections for workers.

What Labour's changes to workers' rights could mean for you

The government has abandoned day one rights against unfair dismissal in its Employment Rights Bill.

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Time for an update to this thread now. Note, I'm not the only one allowed to do this, kids!

Labour have been making lots of mistakes unfortunately which is hammering their election chances as you've been seeing all over the news for months now, but at least they've been doing a few things right. The Workers Rights bill has become law now and while it could be better, it's much better than what we had before. In particular, they need to adjust the thresholds for strike action which haven't changed and hence the unions continue to campaign for and apply pressure.

I've just posted these two threads about other good things they've done.

This is a fantastic achievement, something that I really care about:

Labour bans trail hunting

About time too as trail hunting has been abused to do real hunting for over 20 years now. This is one of the reasons that I wanted Labour to be in power as this would never happen with the tories and unlikely with other parties either. I'm also grateful to all those activists who helped to...

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They're trying to get this one through and hope they succeed:

Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be banned under new plans

In my second animal welfare post today, this can't come too soon. Check out the article comments, most of which are supportive of this and those comments get lots of likes, too. I also added my fair share. Hen cages will be banned as part of a raft of proposals to improve animal welfare...

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Labour have now gone down in the polls, I’m concerned there’s a real possibility of Reform UK winning the next election, not least due to tactical voting - out go Labour and the Tories!

I really despise Reform UK, in particular in relation to prevailing racism and not to mention, wanting to end working from home requirements Not sure whether or not this would involve accommodations, but at the very least, if the legal requirement to work from home only applies to certain situations and not others, there’s a risk of accommodations bring perceived as special treatmrny.

 

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Labour have now gone down in the polls, I’m concerned there’s a real possibility of Reform UK winning the next election

I'm with you there, it's now between them and Labour. Thing is, Labour have done lots of good things since they came into power, but of course the media and opposition parties always hammer on the mistakes and blow them out of all proportion and Reform keep on peddling their populist fantasies, so the great unwashed fall for it and we get screwed over.

 

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What about the number of U-turns Labour have made though? They make a promise, the public dissents, then they u-turn on it, rinse and repeat. Stability doesn’t last - it either resolves itself or it crashes and burns.

 

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The details matter. The other way to look at it is that they're listening to what people want.

 

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That is true! Details matter, mindsets of the population also matter. Some people take it as instability, some people thrive on drama, some people like to complain about everything. It’s difficult to appease everyone in society and not everyone realises that.

 

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The other way to look at it is - they’ve broken promises Labour supporters voted for. So imo, both sides of the debate are valid.