Tom Belger
Political and policy journalist and communications consultant, WPI Strategy senior adviser, LabourList columnist and former editor.
Previously a reporter at the Liverpool Echo, Yahoo Finance and Schools Week.
Get in touch at tombelgerwork@gmail.com.
- Thanks to @ecasalicchio.bsky.social and @politico.eu for covering today. I should say they are still planning to beef up existing law to force firms to do genuine consultation with staff. Big Q is how and whether that works in practice…
- NEW: Labour pledged pre-election to let “workers decide how tips are allocated”, via the employment rights act. But I've just discovered it's quietly decided workers can’t be trusted to decide how tips are allocated. More in my first @labourlist.bsky.social column: labourlist.org/2026/01/utur...
- NEW: @unitetheunion.bsky.social has forced Labour to withdraw “grossly offensive” comments about restaurant, bar and cafe workers. Govt had said giving them direct control of tips could see staff discriminate against each other under a ‘tyranny of the majority’. labourlist.org/2026/01/unit...
- NEW: Labour pledged pre-election to let “workers decide how tips are allocated”, via the employment rights act. But I've just discovered it's quietly decided workers can’t be trusted to decide how tips are allocated. More in my first @labourlist.bsky.social column: labourlist.org/2026/01/utur...
- I've found it baffling for years the state of high streets isn't a bigger national political issue. When I was a local reporter, it came up again and again and again. Hats off to @theguardian.com's Anna Leach @michaelgoodier.bsky.social for top journalism: www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
- Worth flagging - Labour is still proposing reforms to boost genuine consultation which are still a big step forward for workers. And government’s right to note there are some potential challenges around fully democratic decision-making within workforces, whether you back it or not.
- NEW: Labour pledged pre-election to let “workers decide how tips are allocated”, via the employment rights act. But I've just discovered it's quietly decided workers can’t be trusted to decide how tips are allocated. More in my first @labourlist.bsky.social column: labourlist.org/2026/01/utur...
- NEW: Labour pledged pre-election to let “workers decide how tips are allocated”, via the employment rights act. But I've just discovered it's quietly decided workers can’t be trusted to decide how tips are allocated. More in my first @labourlist.bsky.social column: labourlist.org/2026/01/utur...
- New update on this - councils have stepped up their battle to be more involved in new pay negotiations for adult social care workers, as the key funders. Just being 'spectators' would be 'incomprehensible', says the County Councils Network. 1/2
- It’s notable also that the most longstanding voice of the soft left on the NEC said this about Burnham: ‘My chief concern would have been the risk of losing Manchester to Reform in the unavoidable mayoral by-election, but there were no good options.’
- annblack.bsky.social has just announced she won’t seek re-election to Labour’s ruling body after 24 years. Hats off to her for such long, dedicated, selfless service - she’s been a dogged members’ champion. A tough pair of boots to fill.
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- annblack.bsky.social has just announced she won’t seek re-election to Labour’s ruling body after 24 years. Hats off to her for such long, dedicated, selfless service - she’s been a dogged members’ champion. A tough pair of boots to fill.
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- All the latest in this thread from @thefabians.bsky.social conference - including Lucy Powell on the by-election…. 🧵🌹
