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THE Chancellor has been urged to act now after research published today reveals six million workers fear they will lose their jobs by the end of the year.
The Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class) found that one in five workers feel “somewhat or very confident” that they will lose their current job in six months’ time.
The polling is part of the think tank’s report “Coronavirus and the Workers Emergency: Labour Market Realities 2020,” which lays bare the turmoil that desperate workers are going through in the coronavirus pandemic.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
Making sure this Labour government delivers on decent jobs, strong workplace rights and well-funded public services will defeat the easy answers to real frustrations peddled by the far right, writes JOANNE THOMAS