Sean
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Not sure how that would make sense - the Greens and Lib Dems agree on very little now that Polanski is in charge.
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Not sure how that would make sense - the Greens and Lib Dems agree on very little now that Polanski is in charge.
Don’t think anyone could disagree with anything in this piece - just get on with it now!
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Don’t think anyone could disagree with anything in this piece - just get on with it now!
That’s speculative because the detail of how far the dismissal process was going to be abridged within the first 9 months wasn’t agreed. I suspect it would’ve been limited protection in that period otherwise why have that period at all? This is a sensible change which is why the TUC has welcomed it.
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
That’s speculative because the detail of how far the dismissal process was going to be abridged within the first 9 months wasn’t agreed. I suspect it would’ve been limited protection in that period otherwise why have that period at all? This is a sensible change which is why the TUC has welcomed it.
They currently have no rights for two years when that happens and in the original proposal they more or less wouldn’t have for nine months. Now they only won’t enjoy protections for six months. It’s an absolutely enormous enhancement of employment rights.
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
They currently have no rights for two years when that happens and in the original proposal they more or less wouldn’t have for nine months. Now they only won’t enjoy protections for six months. It’s an absolutely enormous enhancement of employment rights.
It breaches the manifesto positively for employees as it happens. The manifesto included a statutory probation period of 9 months. This effectively shortens that period to 6 months.
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It breaches the manifesto positively for employees as it happens. The manifesto included a statutory probation period of 9 months. This effectively shortens that period to 6 months.
Spot on - the media don’t want to miss the opportunity to cry ‘U-turn’ though!
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Spot on - the media don’t want to miss the opportunity to cry ‘U-turn’ though!
This article says it will be ‘impossible’ to claim unfair dismissal for the first six months of employment. This is false. Staff will be able to claim unfair dismissal without the need for qualifying service for a number of automatically unfair reasons - just like they can now.
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This article says it will be ‘impossible’ to claim unfair dismissal for the first six months of employment. This is false. Staff will be able to claim unfair dismissal without the need for qualifying service for a number of automatically unfair reasons - just like they can now.
These calculators and articles are designed to encourage the reader to form a view that their income is going down as a result of the threshold freeze. It should make abundantly clear that the result is your income goes up by less than it would have, not that it goes down.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
These calculators and articles are designed to encourage the reader to form a view that their income is going down as a result of the threshold freeze. It should make abundantly clear that the result is your income goes up by less than it would have, not that it goes down.
If your business can’t afford to pay the minimum wage then your business model has failed. Simple as.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If your business can’t afford to pay the minimum wage then your business model has failed. Simple as.
I think anybody who thinks Labour not reducing both legal and illegal migration significantly in this Parliament will result in anything other than a Reform landslide is stupid.
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I think anybody who thinks Labour not reducing both legal and illegal migration significantly in this Parliament will result in anything other than a Reform landslide is stupid.
I haven’t seen any xenophobic messaging at all. Quite the opposite in fact.
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I haven’t seen any xenophobic messaging at all. Quite the opposite in fact.
You can’t end hotel use without trying to stop people coming! The two go hand in hand. Manifesto said Labour will ‘restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, fairly and firmly’ and will ‘fast-track removals’.
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
You can’t end hotel use without trying to stop people coming! The two go hand in hand. Manifesto said Labour will ‘restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, fairly and firmly’ and will ‘fast-track removals’.
It absolutely was in the manifesto - go and read it!
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It absolutely was in the manifesto - go and read it!
Fair play but times change and this isn’t Corbyn’s party. Labour will be out of power for a generation if we don’t bring immigration right down and stop the illegal crossings. That’s just obvious.
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Fair play but times change and this isn’t Corbyn’s party. Labour will be out of power for a generation if we don’t bring immigration right down and stop the illegal crossings. That’s just obvious.
That our messaging is horrific and we haven’t been making popular decisions such as taxing the ultra rich, bringing immigration down, improving transport and infrastructure and lowering energy bills. Instead the one policy in the budget is abolishing the two child benefit, which is actually popular!
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
That our messaging is horrific and we haven’t been making popular decisions such as taxing the ultra rich, bringing immigration down, improving transport and infrastructure and lowering energy bills. Instead the one policy in the budget is abolishing the two child benefit, which is actually popular!
I’d suggest you are very much in the minority Dave. The Labour Party exists to advance the interests of the working people in this country. You won’t find me a single poll that tells me the working people of this country aren’t massively in favour of strict controls on asylum and immigration.
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I’d suggest you are very much in the minority Dave. The Labour Party exists to advance the interests of the working people in this country. You won’t find me a single poll that tells me the working people of this country aren’t massively in favour of strict controls on asylum and immigration.
Because you can’t blame it on Labour basically!
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Because you can’t blame it on Labour basically!
I don’t think anyone who would consider voting Labour would decide not to vote Labour exclusively because of this proposal.
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I don’t think anyone who would consider voting Labour would decide not to vote Labour exclusively because of this proposal.
All I’ve seen since the Home Secretary’s statement is interviews with the tiny handful of Labour MPs opposed to the policy proposal. The Government have enough communications problems of their own making without these very deliberate attempts to create a story of division where it doesn’t exist.
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
All I’ve seen since the Home Secretary’s statement is interviews with the tiny handful of Labour MPs opposed to the policy proposal. The Government have enough communications problems of their own making without these very deliberate attempts to create a story of division where it doesn’t exist.
Being opposed to Reform and believing the asylum system is broken and being abused are not mutually exclusive positions.
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Being opposed to Reform and believing the asylum system is broken and being abused are not mutually exclusive positions.