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❓️What’s the idea behind LabourList Friends? 🔴 Our wonderful Editor Emma Burnell explains why we’re launching it — and why it matters. 👇 Read her piece explaining all here...👇 labourlist.org/2026/03/youv...

Amused to see more Labour MPs follow, or at least historically followed, @labourlist.bsky.social on X (330) than the official Labour press account (304). Also interesting which cabinet members have the most follows...

‼️ EXCLUSIVE: LabourList has seen a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, written by General Secretary of Labour affiliated union Usdaw Joanne Thomas, that demonstrates concerns the government is 'set to fail to fulfil its manifesto commitment on guaranteed hours'. 👀 Read here 👇 buff.ly/KzbBxb3

Yeah you know that body charged with enforcing and advising employers and workers the biggest overhaul in workers' rights in a generation from April? I can reveal its precursor body is struggling to even cover its existing costs, so much so it had to cut spending last year. Doesn't bode well!

Why is the party of labour fuelling labour exploitation? Immigration reform means workers face up to 10 yrs more tied to employers on sponsored visas before they can seek settled status. Experts are clear - that dependency stops workers challenging poor conditions. Link below for my column👇

GORTON AND DENTON UNPACKED - ONLINE PANEL TODAY at 11AM: Really looking forward to this discussion of the by-election - not just locally but nationally, and not just now but for the coming years in British politics and policy. Join to share what you're thinking and wondering about it all...

I think this piece of mine from November 2024 sadly aged well:

“The outcome of the war is less important to Trump than…the performative use of US power.” Everything Trump does is about showing he’s top dog on any given day. That’s it. Everything else is collateral damage, and it’s for everyone else to pick up pieces. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Starmer wouldn’t be in the seat if senior figures didn’t think Labour has a serious chance of winning. Is victory possible from the jaws of defeat? Hats off to the 100s of activists braving rain today…and @jtibbittsjourno.bsky.social and colleagues covering it all for @labourlist.bsky.social

🌹 Bolsover MP Natalie Fleet has been out on the doorstep in Gorton and Denton – there is still time to volunteer to help secure a Labour win

Starmer's approval ratings are the highest in six months...still very, very low but public opinion as ever more complex than you might think!

1m+ workers lose pay when sick. Labour's fixing that in April. 11m renters live at risk of eviction for no reason. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ends that in May. Great to highlight on #BBCNews how transformative Labour's agenda is - but how it's drowned out by controversy, challenges, caution.

1m+ workers lose pay when sick. Labour's fixing that in April. 11m renters live at risk of eviction for no reason. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ends that in May. Great to highlight on #BBCNews how transformative Labour's agenda is - but how it's drowned out by controversy, challenges, caution.

Thanks to @ecasalicchio.bsky.social and @politico.eu for covering today. I should say they are still planning to beef up existing law to force firms to do genuine consultation with staff. Big Q is how and whether that works in practice…

NEW: @unitetheunion.bsky.social has forced Labour to withdraw “grossly offensive” comments about restaurant, bar and cafe workers. Govt had said giving them direct control of tips could see staff discriminate against each other under a ‘tyranny of the majority’. labourlist.org/2026/01/unit...

I've found it baffling for years the state of high streets isn't a bigger national political issue. When I was a local reporter, it came up again and again and again. Hats off to @theguardian.com's Anna Leach @michaelgoodier.bsky.social for top journalism: www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

NEW: Labour pledged pre-election to let “workers decide how tips are allocated”, via the employment rights act. But I've just discovered it's quietly decided workers can’t be trusted to decide how tips are allocated. More in my first @labourlist.bsky.social column: labourlist.org/2026/01/utur...

Worth flagging - Labour is still proposing reforms to boost genuine consultation which are still a big step forward for workers. And government’s right to note there are some potential challenges around fully democratic decision-making within workforces, whether you back it or not.

NEW: Labour pledged pre-election to let “workers decide how tips are allocated”, via the employment rights act. But I've just discovered it's quietly decided workers can’t be trusted to decide how tips are allocated. More in my first @labourlist.bsky.social column: labourlist.org/2026/01/utur...

New update on this - councils have stepped up their battle to be more involved in new pay negotiations for adult social care workers, as the key funders. Just being 'spectators' would be 'incomprehensible', says the County Councils Network. 1/2

It’s notable also that the most longstanding voice of the soft left on the NEC said this about Burnham: ‘My chief concern would have been the risk of losing Manchester to Reform in the unavoidable mayoral by-election, but there were no good options.’

Pep Guardiola heard about this and knew what he had to do

annblack.bsky.social has just announced she won’t seek re-election to Labour’s ruling body after 24 years. Hats off to her for such long, dedicated, selfless service - she’s been a dogged members’ champion. A tough pair of boots to fill.

I’m a ‘believer in having the best players in the team’, says @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social when asked about Andy Burnham. But he says Keir transformed Labour’s fortunes after the worst defeat since the 1930s.

Great to be at @thefabians.bsky.social's New Year Conference at London's Guildhall. I'll be posting live updates in a thread here throughout the day, with a lineup of big names. Come say hello if you're here too... 🌹🧵

All the latest in this thread from @thefabians.bsky.social conference - including Lucy Powell on the by-election…. 🧵🌹

Great to be at @thefabians.bsky.social's New Year Conference at London's Guildhall. I'll be posting live updates in a thread here throughout the day, with a lineup of big names. Come say hello if you're here too... 🌹🧵

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 🎉 LabourList is proud to present 'In Conversation', our new Live Podcast series, delivered to you in partnership with the Fabian Society... 👀 In 2026, we'll be bringing you interviews with a difference, because YOU can join in! 🤔 Any guesses on our first guest?

Once upon a time, a President of the United States saying "fuck you" and raising his middle finger to an American factory worker would be front page news around the world. Now it's a "colour lede" on a business analysis. www.ft.com/content/36ab...

This is really, really ominous.

Charities are needed more and more as social deprivation and division rises but, as the Guardian says, many are struggling with rising costs, increased demand and lower income from donations and grants, as the govt seeks a new partnership. A hidden crisis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.

Underreported in this is the turnout. Why are 93% of members of one of Britain's biggest unions not voting? That's a real shame and should ring alarm bells. H/t @dangreenjourno.bsky.social spotting the figures

New: Long-promised reforms to crack down on bogus self-employment in the gig economy and beyond have been delayed, I've just discovered. My piece for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social below - and why some experts and MPs fear it leaves a big loophole in Labour’s whole workers' rights package.

New: Long-promised reforms to crack down on bogus self-employment in the gig economy and beyond have been delayed, I've just discovered. My piece for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social below - and why some experts and MPs fear it leaves a big loophole in Labour’s whole workers' rights package.

Should clarify this - Charlie calls for agency workers' inclusion now, and "scope to include the self-employed a bit later on down the line". Report say govt must also get on with defining 'workers' - to stop employers 'misclassifying staff as self-employed to avoid the FPA'.

Insightful new @resolutionfoundation.org report today on the fair pay agreement for adult care workers I covered this week. They warn building it fast is vital - or risk being junked, as in New Zealand. If it succeeds, similar deals could work for cleaners and warehouse workers, they say. 🧵

Thanks to @politico.eu's @ecasalicchio.bsky.social for picking this up in Playbook PM: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

What are Fair Pay Agreements? And how will this work in social care where the government is implementing the first one? @tombelger.bsky.social explains all.

It's also the first time (I think) since Labour came to power a minister has suggested government could still assess if sector-wide, union-employer collective bargaining should be rolled out in other sectors - as pledged in opposition last year. Kinnock: 'I haven’t heard anybody saying we wouldn’t'

NEW: Stephen Kinnock calls it 'the epitome of a Labour policy'. For others, it's Labour's 'most radical policy no-one knows about'. ✍️My @labourlist.bsky.social deep dive on the Fair Pay Agreement: a plan to finally give low-paid care workers clapped in Covid the dignity they deserve. Link 👇

What will be No 1 on the Christmas cliche charts 2025? The Becky Barnicoat cartoon

EXCLUSIVE: Labour's NEC finds compromise position that enables women's conference to return in 2026. And Labour will campaign on NHS, Families and Pride in Place in May.

NEW: Two revelations from me on plans just agreed by Labour's ruling body: 👩 Women's conference will be for biological women only - with a fringe open to all. 📢Labour's local election campaign will focus on the NHS, families and Pride in Place. Link in comments below

Major climbdown on the employment rights bill, whether trigger was business or Lords pressure. Comms wise it’s a dismal day for a U-turn to get out too, in detracting from not just key Budget messages, but also a huge drop in migration Labour could be trumpeting for days...

You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to wonder if the opaque workings of global finance sometimes count for more in politics than the will of politicians and the public. Are we in hock? Could we break free? I explore all... #budget2025

📢There's a lot of talk about bond markets, yields and vigilantes ahead of the Budget. 🤨I spoke to experts to unpack how they actually work in layman's terms, to hear just how in hock we really are, and to see if we have any alternatives. Link below👇 #Budget2025 #Budget25

@carolineslocock.bsky.social My X is playing up so perhaps on here - thanks!