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Labour says it will make flexible working the ‘new normal’
Angela Rayner announces policy to make ‘work fits around people’s lives instead of dictating lives’
Read more » | Desktop version »Labour MP Wes Streeting recovers from kidney cancer
Shadow minister says he is ‘back at work, fighting fit and cancer-free’, after having kidney removed
Read more » | Desktop version »Labour pledges same rights for all workers from day one of jobs
Party vows same protections for everyone in work, from direct employees to those in gig economy
Read more » | Desktop version »UK rejects EU’s Northern Ireland moves, saying Brexit deal must be renegotiated
Downing Street says Brussels overtures are insufficient and ‘comprehensive’ solutions needed
Read more » | Desktop version »Activists lose legal bid to stop £27bn roads plan for England
Climate campaigners appeal against judgment saying ministers are being ‘let off the hook’
Read more » | Desktop version »Johnson could rethink national insurance rise after Tory backlash
At least five ministers are said to oppose plans for increase to fund crumbling social care system
Read more » | Desktop version »Dawn Butler was right to call Boris Johnson a liar, says Keir Starmer
Starmer backs Labour MP who was ejected from the Commons on Friday after saying PM had lied repeatedly
Read more » | Desktop version »Labour announces launch of ‘new deal for working people’
Keir Starmer says initiative to provide good jobs is necessary as economy emerges from Covid crisis
Read more » | Desktop version »Forgiveness or deselection? Newmarket divided over Matt Hancock’s political future
One month after the health secretary quit, voters in his West Suffolk constituency are weighing up the odds of his survival
Read more » | Desktop version »Anger over Sajid Javid’s advice to not ‘cower’ from Covid
Bereaved families, Labour and Lib Dems all condemn health secretary’s ‘insensitivity’
Read more » | Desktop version »Keir Starmer appoints adviser from Blair years as his chief of staff
Sam White, who worked under Gordon Brown, will run the Labour leader’s office from September
Read more » | Desktop version »Boris Johnson wants to mimic Tony Blair’s project, say No 10 sources
PM wants to echo Blair’s promise of an ‘opportunity society’ and energise those who feel left behind
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