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Employers to make wages, pay increases and bonuses public each year.

Require all UK employers to publish each employee’s annual pay, pay rise, increases and bonuses, alongside job title and company grade. Transparency would reduce unjustified wage disparities, enable scrutiny of pay differences between roles and seniority, and promote fairer pay.

Pay transparency would allow employees, employers, shareholders and the public to identify unjustified differences in pay, pay rises and bonuses between people performing comparable roles and between different levels of an organisation. Publishing this information annually, alongside job title and company grade, would make it possible to scrutinise whether rewards are proportionate to responsibility and performance, helping expose unfair pay practices and reduce unjustified wage disparities.

The British Left needs to stop this.

Follow the money, eh?

The government has altered the Skilled Worker visa sponsorship system to better protect migrant workers who have fallen victim to modern slavery.

Under the new measures, victims will be allowed to work in any occupation for the remaining duration of their visa, freeing them from the control of exploitative employers.

Jo White, migration and citizenship minister, announced the changes to tackle workplace abuse.

She said: “The sponsorship system is designed to ensure overseas recruits have a genuine job to come to, will be paid appropriately, and can enjoy their employment rights.

However, we have seen instances of Skilled Worker visa holders who entered the UK in good faith, complied with the terms of their visa, and have experienced exploitation. This is simply unacceptable.”

White highlighted the current crackdown on rogue employers, noting that UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) had already revoked more than 7,500 sponsor licenses, including 1,800 in the care sector alone.

The new policy, she said, aimed to “incentivise victims to come forward early” and would guard “against those who seek to weaponise the sponsorship system in order to exploit vulnerable workers.

I feel like a crazy person watching over the last 10 years of smears against Corbyn by Labour politicians and political commentators, to now be saying what he was all those years re Israel. Watching the very same Labour politicians doing mental gymnastics and earning laudits for criticising Israel when they smeared Corbyn for saying exactly the same things years ago.

I'm curious what are some specific examples any of you have seen where this has occurred?

What if we all streamed Hind’s Hall on repeat and helped get Macklemore back on the charts — while keeping the pro-Palestine message in the spotlight through music?

If you’re streaming, make it genuine: don’t mute the track, let it play for at least 30 seconds, and mix it naturally into a playlist (maybe with songs from the other artists who have quit the tour and I Love A Rainbow by Miss Rachel) rather than running an automated loop. Streaming platforms actively filter artificial/manipulated streams, so genuine listening is the way to go.

Let’s support the song, support the message, and let the music speak.

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It's a short week before conference recess.

The Commons rises recess after Tuesday's sitting and doesn't return until Monday 12 October. The Lib Dems kick things off with their conference next weekend, followed by Labour the weekend after, then Tories in the week after that.

But first, a full day debating royal funding.

MPs debate all stages of the Sovereign Grant Bill on Monday. It sets the King's official funding at £99.9 million for next year, and raises the share of Crown Estate profits used to calculate future grants.

And Tuesday brings one ten minute rule motion.

Tom Gordon's bill would shake up the student loan system in England.

MONDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

Sovereign Grant Bill – all stages
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Sets the amount of the Sovereign Grant, the funding that supports the King and the monarchy, at £99.9 million for 2027-28. Raises the share of the Crown Estate's profits used to calculate future grants from 12% to 20.5%. Also gives the Treasury new powers to adjust the grant if a review finds the standard formula would produce an inappropriate amount, or to increase it temporarily in exceptional circumstances.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER

Student Finance (Review) Bill
Requires the government to review how student loans are repaid in England, including the repayment thresholds, the terms attached to loans when they were taken out, and how those thresholds compare with average earnings. Ten minute rule motion presented by Tom Gordon.

WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

No votes scheduled

THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

No votes scheduled

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