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Labour Mayor John Biggs has formally signed the ‘Ethical Care Charter’, marking a significant milestone and achieving a key part of his election manifesto. The Ethical Care Charter, established by UNISON, is a commitment to improve working conditions for our home care workers, who carry out vital work in often difficult circumstances. The Charter seeks to establish minimum standards for ...

Dear Friends, Like the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the Prime Minister David Cameron, leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn and countless leading individuals in politics, business, science and the arts at home and abroad, I truly believe our country will be stronger, safer and better off by remaining in the European Union. The Vote Leave camp cannot tell ...

The British public have it wrong on immigrants and wrong on the EU. According to their research by Ipsos MORI, British people think far more EU citizens live in the UK than actually do, that we pay far more money to the EU budget than is the case, and that we significantly overestimate the amount of benefits paid to EU ...

More than 430,000 people applied to register to vote in the EU referendum during the extended deadline period. The two-day extension was granted after the government website for registering voters failed just before Tuesday’s original deadline. A prominent Leave campaigner has said he is considering launching a legal challenge to that decision. Leave.EU founder Arron Banks said there were grounds ...

Friday 10 June 2016 Germany’s finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, has slammed the door on Britain retaining access to the single market if it votes to the leave the European Union. In an interview in a Brexit-themed issue of German weekly Der Spiegel, the influential veteran politician ruled out the possibility of the UK following a Swiss or Norwegian model where ...

Watching Nigel Farage and David Cameron debate Brexit is like opening a DC comic to find the Joker taking on Lex Luthor – they’re both so deeply flawed and thoroughly unpleasant characters you don’t care who wins. Tonight, neither was convincing and neither connected. Charmless and churlish, Farage is like one of those contrarian relatives you desperately try to avoid ...

In an event at the Shard in central London tomorrow, the new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will argue that the Tories are too divided to win this referendum and so Labour now has a ‘monumental and historic responsibility’ to deliver a victory for remain on the 23rd of June. The new Mayor of London will join Alan Johnson, Yvette ...

Some teachers are beginning their careers in primary schools with as little as a few hours training in some subject areas, MPs have heard. The Education Select Committee heard how the brevity of initial teacher training in England meant continuous professional development was vital. But much of it focused on new regulatory requirements and curriculum shifts, rather than subject areas. ...

In this holy month of Ramadan, Muslims in the UK, Bangladesh and across the world, will sacrifice the day-to-day luxuries that so often we take for granted; and will pray for people in need and fast to show devotion to God. It’s also a time to reflect and help those living in extreme hardships. Bangladesh has a rich tradition of ...

Leaving the EU would detonate a bomb under the British economy, David Cameron has said as he joined with Labour, Lib Dem and Green politicians to argue that the leave campaign was being reckless with people’s futures. The prime minister appeared with Harriet Harman, Natalie Bennett and Tim Farron to talk about the risks of Brexit and challenge the leave ...