In his press club speech on 31 August 2023, just days before the public release of the Closing Loopholes Bill, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations the Hon Tony Burke MP described the problem of the labour hire loophole as follows: “But if you ...

We need to bring on the person who can really sell Labour values and sell our programme.” This implied that the party might not have done so badly in the English local elections last week if it simply had a better communicator at the helm.

Alliances remain Washington's single greatest strategic advantage over China and Russia, but the old transatlantic bargain of U.S. protection for European loyalty is no longer politically sustainable.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite the significant fall in Labour’s support in the polls, the party hoped to escape without much visible damage in the local elections on Thursday. After all, most of the seats at ...

Labour is facing allegations of cronyism after appointing several of its backers to prominent civil service roles. Ian Corfield, a former banker who has donated over £20,000 to Labour politicians, including £5,000 to Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, was ...

Labor productivity growth in the U.S. has been slow, contributing to modest increases in wages and real wages. Pay is ultimately tied to productivity. The government's focus on stimulating consumer spending instead of business investment has led to slower ...