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Lack of Jobcentre staff ‘hitting back-to-work drive’
Number of work coaches fell by more than a quarter between October 2021 and last October, figures uncovered by Labour show
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Sadiq Khan calls for debate on rejoining single market and says ‘Brexit isn’t working’
Mayor of London goes against Labour policy to advocate a return to closer economic ties with the European Union
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Labour could scrap two-child benefit cap under welfare reforms
Jonathan Ashworth is reviewing rules which are 'punishing' larger families with a view to ditching them
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Labour pays black and minority staff nine per cent less than white people
The party has pledged to increase its proportion of BAME workers and narrow its ethnicity pay gap in light of new data
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Analysis and opinion
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Only foundational reform can fix the NHS
Sir Keir says that nothing is off the table, yet fails to understand that the main problem is that the NHS is a nationalised industry
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The NHS is not an out-of-bounds shrine. It needs unsentimental reform
Our healthcare system is no longer the envy of the world. Labour will make the hard choices that are needed to resuscitate it
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Entryism didn’t die alongside the Soviet Union. It is alive and busy
For genuine debate to flourish, real voices enjoying broad support must be listened to, not tiny minorities claiming to speak for the masses
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Former Tory minister quits party and backs Sir Keir Starmer to lead Britain
Claire Perry O’Neill, who was in Theresa May’s Cabinet, says she has lost faith in ‘cavalier’ and ‘self-obsessed’ Conservatives
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Labour would ban cigarette sales to stamp out smoking, says Wes Streeting
The shadow health secretary said more radical options were needed as the UK was set to miss its target of being ‘smoke-free’ by 2030
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Rishi Sunak has a ‘safe pair of hands’ approach – but he needs a game-changer
Pollsters find Prime Minister facing struggle to turn Tory fortunes around despite stabilising the party’s ratings
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Give over-50s the right to work from home, Labour to announce
The party’s proposal is part of a series of plans aimed at tempting early retirees back to the workplace
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Labour ‘playing for Team Sturgeon’, says Scottish Conservative leader
Douglas Ross will use keynote speech in Edinburgh to insist his party is the only credible opposition to the SNP
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Sir Keir Starmer pledges ‘Take Back Control’ law in pitch to Brexit voters
Labour leader vowed the party will not ‘get its big government chequebook out again’ if it wins the next election