Tories and Labour

These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. ‘Blind leading the blind,’ Tinubu mocks Obasanjo-Obi alliance The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday shrugged off former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi.Read more 2. PDP campaign…

The Labour leader said legislation to enforce "minimum service levels" would be reversed if his party won the next general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is finalising plans that would require a proportion of union members in key public services to continue working during industrial action. Strikes could be deemed…

Hello readers! I’m excited to share with you a look back on the top news stories of the past year. I began my role as editor of rabble.ca in April this year. This December, I was excited to review all of the great work that our team has done throughout…

R ishi Sunak is facing his first test at the ballot box as voters go to the polls to choose a new City of Chester MP. The contest will give both Labour and the Tories a glimpse into how voters are reacting to a tumultuous six months for the Government,…

A new complaint filed with a federal watchdog alleges that workers at Bangladeshi factories supplying Canadian Tire receive “poverty-level wages”. The Canadian Labour Congress and one of North America’s largest private-sector unions, United Steelworkers, filed the complaint with the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise on Monday. CORE was set up…

While the Tories wrangle with their second leadership contest in seven weeks, polling in former Labour areas is not in their favour. We’ve been to Burnley in Lancashire – a so-called red wall seat – to see what people think about the spectre of Boris Johnson making a return, and…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR 23 Oct, 2022 04:00 PM2 mins to read Should you jump ship when the economy is struggling? Photo / Getty Images The labour market remains tight and it wasn't long ago that New Zealanders were telling stories of switching jobs for huge…

Friday 21 October 2022 6:15 am By: Will Cooling Will Cooling writes about politics and pop culture at It Could Be Said substack Keir Starmer has called for a general election (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images) It might seem odd to wonder what dangers lurk in Sir Keir Starmer’s…

Published October 19, 2022 at 8:27 PM LONDON - Prime Minister Liz Truss’s government issued a stark warning to Conservative MPs not to back an opposition motion on fracking, as party managers struggle to control mutinous lawmakers.   The opposition Labour Party has called on Tory MPs to “put country…

OPINIONTo strike while inflation is hotIs there a German cure for SA's labour conflict?There is hope that a brutal Transnet strike may subside after an agreement with a key union. But one thing remains clear: the experience of Covid-19 and the risk of global economic meltdown has failed to deliver…