PMQs: Worker protections take centre stage in wake of P&O job massacre
The discussions in the Commons focused on the recent, sudden sacking of 800 employees by shipping freight company P&O Ferries as Boris Johnson and Keir
The discussions in the Commons focused on the recent, sudden sacking of 800 employees by shipping freight company P&O Ferries as Boris Johnson and Keir
800 P&O staff were suddenly made redundant on Thursday, in a move that unions have described as one of the “most shameful acts in the
The Bank of England today announced that interest rates would be increased from 0.5% to 0.75%, bringing interest rates back to pre-pandemic levels. Interest rates
With the Prime Minister in the Middle East attempting to increase the UK oil supply, and Keir Starmer meeting British troops in Europe, the parties’
Boris Johnson has called on the West to end its “addiction” to Russian oil, as he is set to travel to Saudi Arabia in an
The cost-of-living crisis is already being compounded by the effects of the war in Ukraine, with petrol reaching 163.5p per litre over the weekend –
A study conducted by Imperial College London has found that the number of cases among those aged 54 and below is decreasing, but is increasing
Over 300 companies have now withdrawn or suspended business in Russia in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Some of these companies have
In today’s PMQs Starmer accused the government’s energy bill discount of being untenable in the face of increasing gas prices in the wake of Russia
On Tuesday evening Ukrainian President Zelensky addressed the House of Commons virtually from Kyiv, making history as the first foreign leader to address MPs in
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