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Could legal bid stop ‘cruel’ UK government plan to axe winter fuel benefit?

Labour government’s decision to scrap a winter allowance for elderly people to meet heating costs was met with outrage.

Al Jazeera

Closing Grangemouth Oil Refinery will hit Scotland’s national security, MP says

Brian Leishman said the proposed closure of Grangemouth is at odds with Great British Energy’s hopes to safeguard national and energy security

Evening Standard

Major fraud investigation under way into £112m hotel built by Unite union

SFO inquiry follows two reports ordered by union’s boss, Sharon Graham, into conference complex valued at £29m

The Guardian - UK

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Tram workers win toilet breaks dispute

Unite said it was an issue of ‘basic dignity at work’.

Evening Standard

Ian Murray: UK Government 'can't guarantee new job for every Grangemouth worker'

THE UK Government cannot guarantee a new job for every worker who could be laid off when the Grangemouth refinery closes next year, the Scottish…

The National (Scotland)

Labour Government must be ‘forced to act’ to save Grangemouth refinery, union says

UNION leaders have insisted the Labour Government “must be forced to act” to save Scotland’s only oil refinery ...

The National (Scotland)

The Guardian view on Labour’s winter fuel vote: badly handled

Editorial: Labour’s leadership should have defended its choice to cut winter fuel payments. Instead, it chose the worst of all options

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Unions deal Labour leadership blow in call to reverse fuel payments cut

KEIR Starmer has been dealt a blow by Labour’s union backers – as they voted to call for cuts to pensioners’ fuel payments to be reversed.

The National (Scotland)

Unions win vote to reverse winter fuel cut in blow for Keir Starmer

The vote highlights major division within the Labour Party over the controversial policy

The Independent UK

Labour members vote against axing winter fuel payments for pensioners following protest

Ministers defend the move as needed to fix the public finances

Evening Standard

No 10 braced for potential defeat in Labour conference winter fuel vote

Major trade unions are lining up to back motion to reverse chancellor’s decision to cut pensioners’ fuel allowance

The Guardian - UK

UK's Starmer Rules Out Austerity As Labour Conference Opens

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to protect public services and ruled out austerity measures as his Labour party's annual conference kicked off on Sunday, its first in 15 years as a governing party.

International Business Times

Unite union boss steps up call for Labour to reverse winter fuel allowance cut

Sharon Graham has described the policy as ‘cruel’.

The Independent UK

No one expected socialism, but unless wealth is challenged, what’s the point of Labour?

A return to austerity, mixed with gloom, will simply bolster rightwing populism, writes Unite general secretary Sharon Graham

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The National (Scotland)

'Fantasy talk': Ministers criticised for Grangemouth media appearances

THE UK and Scottish governments have been criticised by a major trade union after ministerial media appearances focusing on Grangemouth over the…

The Independent UK

Grangemouth: Scotland’s only oil refinery to close with £100m support package as 400 jobs lost

The move by owners Petroineos is expected to lead to the loss of 400 jobs over the next two years.

The National (Scotland)

ScotRail engineering staff vote to accept government pay offer

MEMBERS of a union representing some ScotRail workers have voted to take a pay deal in an ongoing dispute ...

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: A compromise is possible on the winter fuel payments row

The Prime Minister’s prediction yesterday that his Government “was going to have to be unpopular” on account of withdrawing winter fuel payments from all but the poorest pensioners is coming true sooner than he would have wished. The general secretary of Unite, Sharon Graham, and the head of the TUC,…

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Evening Standard

Keir Starmer locked in stand-off with union barons demanding U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham directly told the PM that he should reverse the controversial policy

The Guardian - UK

Ministers facing pressure from unions over winter fuel payment cut

TUC and Unite leaders express ‘real concerns’ over policy as many Labour MPs expected to abstain in Commons vote

The Guardian - UK

They talk about tough choices: they mean cuts. Is Labour on the side of working people or not?

Ahead of tomorrow’s TUC conference, we need to know if ministers are prepared to break with austerity or if they are stuck in the past, says Unite general secretary Sharon Graham

The Guardian - UK

It’s zero hour: TUC to tell Labour it’s time to deliver workers’ new deal

There will be joy over Labour’s victory at the trades union congress this week – but also a determination to see that promises are kept

The Independent UK

UK’s biggest union boss issues ‘no austerity mark II’ warning to Starmer

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has issued a shot across the bows for Keir Starmer as the prime minister indicates the October budget will be ‘really painful’

The Guardian - UK

Unite calls for 1% wealth tax on super-rich to fund UK public sector pay rises

The demand from Britain’s second biggest union will test truce with Labour at next month’s TUC conference

The Guardian - UK

Are Starmer and Labour really in hock to ‘union paymasters’?

PM faces pitfalls navigating what are crucial relationships but claims by jilted Tories don’t ring true, say experts

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