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Britain’s Labour pitches itself against tax cuts for the wealthy thumbnail

Britain’s Labour pitches itself against tax cuts for the wealthy

By Andrew MacAskill and Alistair Smout LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Keir Starmer, leader of Britain’s Labour Party, on Sunday pledged to reverse the abolition of the top rate of income tax, saying tax cuts for the wealthy wouldn’t create economic growth as he made a pitch for power at his party’s annual conference. Starmer, who has
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UK's Labour has biggest lead over Johnson's party since 2013-poll thumbnail

UK’s Labour has biggest lead over Johnson’s party since 2013-poll

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks at Britain's Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, Britain, September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party has opened up its biggest lead over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's governing Conservatives since 2013 after an outcry over revelations of social gatherings at Downing…
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Nigeria Labour Union, Ogun Residents Protest On Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway thumbnail

Nigeria Labour Union, Ogun Residents Protest On Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway

Some members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and residents of Ogun State have blocked the Sango Ota section of the Lagos—Abeokuta Expressway in protest against the deplorable condition of the road.According to witnesses, the protesters blocked the Sango-Ota road in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state from Joju Bus-Stop to the Garage area…
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Britain’s Labour Party Is Still Missing in Action thumbnail

Britain’s Labour Party Is Still Missing in Action

Brighton, UK—There have been 19 Labour leaders over the past 121 years, but only four of them have led their party to a general election victory. Don’t count on Keir Starmer being the fifth. It’s not that Boris Johnson’s Tory government is having a particularly easy time—energy bills are rising, and a restrictive post-Brexit immigration…
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Labour is no longer the party of the traditional working class thumbnail

Labour is no longer the party of the traditional working class

By BAGEHOTON JULY 3RD Jeremy Corbyn told Unite, Britain’s biggest trade union, that “Labour is back as the political voice of the working class”. This would be nice if it were true: the Labour Party was after all founded to represent the working class, and the working class has been severely battered, in recent years
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The Labour Party is in jubilant mood as it meets for its annual conference thumbnail

The Labour Party is in jubilant mood as it meets for its annual conference

By BagehotABOUT half-way through “Jaws”, Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster, Sheriff Brody (Roy Schneider) finally catches sight of the giant shark that has been wreaking havoc in the high seas off the New England coast. Horrified and awe-struck, but still holding onto his cigarette, he rushes into his boat’s cabin and tells his ship mate (Robert
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