Labour’s Ben Bradshaw has been having a smelly few days…
Parliamentary Authorities responded, saying:
“The engineers of the Parliamentary Estates Directorate have now identified the problem – a broken urinal waste pipe. There has been no damage to possessions/IT equipment and there will be a clean-up.”
Last week, Ed Miliband announced that a cut to tuition fees would be the fourth Labour election pledge. The fifth and final policy for the pledge card will be announced at the special conference on Saturday, March 14th in Birmingham. But with several topics left, it is unclear what the pledge will be. So far the pledges have been: reduce the deficit, control immigration fairly, invest in the NHS, and cut tuition fees. What topic would you like the fifth […]
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This is an edited version of Glenys Kinnock and Stephen Doughty’s introduction to their pamphlet ‘Beyond Aid: Labour’s ambition for a radical development agenda’ which you can read in full, here. The launch event is being held tomorrow (Tuesday 3 March) from 6:30pm-8pm in the Attlee Suite, Portcullis House. To attend the launch event please RSVP by clicking here. The world is changing. The winds of globalisation continue to sweep across the world, gifting us opportunities unimaginable a decade ago. But with these […]
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The Irish Labour Party has voted in favour of reforming the way the party organises in Northern Ireland, which would include changing the nature of the relationship between the Irish and UK parties. At the Irish Labour Party conference this weekend, a motion was put forward recommending the party investigates the possibility of aligning with UK Labour to stand candidates in Northern Ireland – as LabourList covered on Saturday. Currently, Irish Labour has around 350 members in Northern Ireland, but […]
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A survey has found that a quarter of voters want an increase in public spending, while two-thirds think that the next government should continue with ‘some form of spending’ cuts. ComRes, on behalf of PLMR, have conducted a survey examining how the public want the next government to deal with public spending and the deficit. They found that 10% want government to increase public spending and 14% want cuts to be stopped altogether and public spending to be kept at […]
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Gordon Brown will today lay out a plan to create an “economic revolution” in Scotland. Brown, who has been MP for 33 years, will be stepping down in May. His proposals will be relayed in one of his last biggest speeches before he brings his parliamentary career to a close. Brown will say that as oil fields’ output continues to fall, so do the revenue generated and the jobs on offers. He will explain that instead of “writing off” North […]
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