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Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn reflects on general election defeat in Christmas message
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reflected on his catastrophic general election defeat while expressing his hope that there can still be a "better world". "This has been a difficult year for many of us,” he said in what will almost certainly be his last Christmas message as Labour leader. Mr Corbyn a [...]
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Boris Johnson removed ‘adequate’ from workers rights plan
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Labour claimed back in October that workers' rights will be eroded under Boris Johnson's Brexit deal renegotiation An internal UK government memo on the consequences of Boris Johnson's Brexit deal renegotiation singles out the removal of the word "adequate" from the UK-EU Political Declaration to [...]
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Labour has suffered ‘unbelievable abuse’ during general election says Corbyn
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Jeremy Corbyn began the final day of election campaigning in Glasgow where he declared that Labour's principles werestronger than ever despite unbelievable levels of abuse from some sections of the media and right-wing politicians. Beginning a six-stop tour of the UK at Govan Cross yesterday, he ad [...]
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Sadiq Khan’s Christmas wishlist
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Election season can be a fruitful time for local councils to stick their hands out and plead with prospective governments to turn on the taps for their part of the country. With Labour and the Conservatives both falling over themselves to spend big, and prove to voters austerity is over, this may be [...]
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Dyslexic MP Peter Kyle hits out at the ‘spelling police’
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Peter Kyle has said he uses cream paper to help him avoid stumbling when making speeches Labour MP Peter Kyle has asked social media users who call him "thick" over his spelling mistakes to go easy on him as he is "living with acute dyslexia". In a candid Twitter thread, he said the Twitter platfor [...]
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Labour Launches It’s Most Radical Manifesto Ever
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Labour launched its general election manifesto yesterday, which includes plans for the renationalisation of Energy, Rail, Mail, Free Broadband and a windfall tax on oil firms.Leader Jeremy Corbyn said it was "a manifesto of hope" and promised "a green transformation" of the economy.But a party confe [...]
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Corbyn Says “I will be a very different kind of Prime Minister”
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Below is the opening text of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech in Telford. It’s a real pleasure to be here in Telford in my home county of Shropshire where I first started campaigning for a better society and I’ve never stopped! And what’s inspiring is that I see that same passion in young people toda [...]
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Labour Pledges £60 Billion for Home Energy Upgrades
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Labour is pledging to cut UK carbon emissions by 10% through the largest home improvement programme for decades. A Labour government would fund £60bn of energy-saving upgrades to low-income households over the next decade while wealthier households would receive interest-free loans for enhancements [...]
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