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Labour to stage Holyrood vote urging disclosure of hospital communications

London Evening Standard 28 Jan 2026
The party is lodging a motion calling on SNP ministers to publish and preserve all records connected to the handling of infection at the facility ... .
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Badenoch to hit out at Labour and Reform ‘psychodrama’ in speech

London Evening Standard 28 Jan 2026
The Tory leader also appears to have a message for Tory moderates, who she tells to ‘move on’ from the past ... .
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How Labour's leasehold flat reforms could deal a blow to pension funds

The Daily Mail 28 Jan 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday proposed that ground rents paid by owners of leasehold properties, mostly flats, will be capped at �250 per year ....
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Labour's bungled business rates U-turn is branded 'too little, too late' amid warnings of a ...

The Daily Mail 28 Jan 2026
Rachel Reeves is facing a growing backlash after temporary help on business rates was restricted to pubs, leaving thousands of small shops, restaurants and hotels facing tax rises in April ....
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Union threatens to freeze out 'control freak' Labour after the blocking of Andy Burnham standing ...

The Daily Mail 28 Jan 2026
Ms Egan, whose union has 1.3million members and who is a Left-wing ally of Mr Burnham, said when she was elected a month ago that she would not prop up politicians who are hostile to unions ....
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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Labour peer Ann Limb faces mutiny over new role

The Daily Mail 28 Jan 2026
She falsely claimed she had a PhD, provoking outrage at the Athenaeum, the St James's club of which she was until recently chairman - but where her membership has since ended ....
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Labour to force Holyrood vote on Queen Elizabeth University Hospital scandal

Daily Record 28 Jan 2026
Anas Sarwar described the botched opening of the QEUH and subsequent death of patients "the single biggest scandal in the history of devolution" ... .
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'You're barred' - Labour councillors banned from York wine bar

York Press 28 Jan 2026
Plonkers Wine Bar owner Steve Wood said he was taking a stand over York Council's pavement licensing charges ... .
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Voters split on who Labour should rule out as governing options

RNZ 28 Jan 2026
Labour leader Chris Hipkins is getting little clarity from voters on which governing partners he should shut out, with a new poll showing the electorate divided on his post-election options ... What about Labour's good friends in the Greens?.
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Labour civil war: 50 Labour MPs sign letter objecting to blocking Andy Burnham from by-election

London Evening Standard 27 Jan 2026
Labour MPs warn Keir Starmer decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in Gorton and Denton by-election could be a “real gift” to Reform UK ... .
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ILO and Morocco spotlight new global conference and campaign on child labour (ILO - International Labour Organization)

Public Technologies 27 Jan 2026
Media Advisory ILO and Morocco spotlight new global conference and campaign on child labour ... Whilst child labour has nearly halved since 2000, progress has fallen short of what all UN Member States set out to achieve.
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Employment and Labour on corpse incident at Seshego Labour Centre (Government of the Republic of South Africa)

Public Technologies 27 Jan 2026
The Department of Employment and Labour confirms an incident that occurred on Saturday, 24 January 2026 at the Seshego Labour Centre where a corpse was discovered on the premises outside normal operating hours ... teboho.thejane@labour.gov.za.
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ILO Director-General urges a human-centred response to technological change and global labour market fragmentation (ILO - International Labour Organization)

Public Technologies 27 Jan 2026
The meetings focused on strengthening cooperation on employment creation, skills development, social protection, labour migration, labour market institutions and the promotion of decent work, as well ...
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Britain’s ‘poorest still getting poorer’ as Labour urged to act on millions still in poverty

The Independent 27 Jan 2026
Poverty will remain stuck at a high level without change, researchers warn .
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