Jenny Simms Articles

On Monday I was contacted by an old friend who emailed me to tell me that they had ‘finally done it after years of talking about it, I’ve joined the Labour party.’ Then, with her tongue firmly in cheek she added ‘So I now have access to videos of “Real change in...

This Sunday sees the start of TUC Congress 2012 where we all head to Brighton for four days of days of sore heads, chips on the pier and this great movement of ours. This year, for the first time since 1942, the TUC’s affiliated membership fell just under six million....

Figures released by the TUC this week highlight the shocking extent of long-term youth unemployment. In the last year alone, the amount of young people unemployed for a period of 12 months or more has gone up by 264 per cent and although youth unemployment rose...

On Saturday I chaired a Progress conference session on Labour and the unions asking how we set about modernising the link. Blessed with a superb roll call of speakers and a packed room our debate was lively, pragmatic, honest and pretty much unanimous; the current...