MPs are demanding an emergency law to stop thousands of zero-hour and part-time workers being left poverty-stricken by Coronavirus as Unions and Labour sounded the alarm over the government’s sick pay laws amid concerns huge numbers of people in the United Kingdom may need to self isolate as a precaution. Statutory Sick Pay doesn’t coverContinue reading “Coronavirus: Weak Zero-Hour Workers Are Led Into Choosing Between Isolation And Food”
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Rebecca Long-Bailey Has Said She Won’t Compromise
Rebecca Long-Bailey has recommitted herself to Labour’s promise to discard Universal Credit, stating she will not compromise on axing the six in one benefit. The left-wing leadership hopeful repeated Jeremy Corbyn’s strategy of ditching the Tory reform following years of objections and delays and replacing it with a new policy. All three leading competitors forContinue reading “Rebecca Long-Bailey Has Said She Won’t Compromise”