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The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) are set to launch their Bakers‘ Dozen manifesto that they and their members want to see introduced by the next UK Government. Aimed especially at the Labour Party, the Bakers‘ Dozen report and manifesto lays out 13 policy demands that would transform the lives of their members and working class people across… Read more »
A new poll of headteachers has once again shown that there is widespread opposition to the current law mandating schools to hold a daily act of collective Christian worship. Almost 2,000 school leaders were surveyed, with 70% of them opposed to the legal requirement. Humanists UK has long campaigned for the replacement of compulsory Christian worship in… Read more »
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The Tories have won a seat in Sunderland council from Labour, challenging Gordon Brown’s comfortable poll lead. Council by-elections yesterday saw a swing to the Conservatives across the country, although Labour only lost one seat. The Conservatives won Sunderland’s Washington East seat with a swing of 3.7 per cent from Labour. By-elections for Kent county… Read more »
She may have stopped short of telling Labour delegates to go back to the constituency and prepare for government, but Harriet Harman today did little to dampen election fever. Rumours of an autumn poll have dominated this week’s Labour party conference in Bournemouth, with only Gordon Brown remaining tight lipped on the subject. In her… Read more »