Labour’s real jobs guarantee could benefit 115 young people in Airdrie & Shotts

I very much welcome Ed Miliband’s pledge to conquer youth unemployment through the real jobs guarantee. This promise to young people across the UK shows that Labour is serious about tackling youth unemployment. As Ed Miliband said, the first line of a Labour Budget would be a tax on bank bonuses to get jobs for [...]

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We need action on jobs

I recently led a delegation of Lanarkshire’s Labour MPs to meet with Scottish Secretary Michael Moore to urge him to act now to help those in Lanarkshire out of work. The meeting took place at the Scotland Office. Figures show that Lanarkshire is among one of the hardest hit areas in the country, with a [...]

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