Columnist ‘The mayoral model holds political risks. Labour must empower local councils’ When Keir Starmer joined Sadiq Khan to launch the London mayoral election campaign, Labour seemed curiously downbeat about… John Denham 24th March, 2024, 9:00 am
News Labour’s new five-point “common-sense” plan to solve more crimes A commission set up by Labour to find ways to increase the number of crimes being solved has… Katie Neame 22nd March, 2024, 10:33 am
News Now Met Police cyber-crime unit investigate Croydon Labour selection race The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it has launched an investigation into an “internal selection process for a political… Daniel Green 18th March, 2024, 6:13 pm
speech Watch and read Rachel Reeves speech savaging “Rishi’s recession” as UK economy falters Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves held a press conference this morning on the state of the UK economy, upping… Tom Belger 15th February, 2024, 11:00 am
News £28 billion U-turn: Almost 30% of our readers say Starmer right to ditch pledge Labour leader Keir Starmer’s confirmation that the party’s £28 billion green spending target is being “stood down” prompted… Tom Belger 8th February, 2024, 9:41 pm
Comment ‘Nottingham faces unprecedented cuts by government diktat – this is not local democracy’ When Nottingham City Council announced it was issuing a Section 114 notice in November last year, there was… Stephen Battlemuch 31st January, 2024, 12:27 pm
speech Recap: Watch Keir Starmer’s speech today and read key points and reaction Labour leader Keir Starmer made his first speech of the new year near Bristol this morning, setting out… Tom Belger 4th January, 2024, 9:25 am
Daily email ‘How Labour can trump the Tories on welfare – and how Starmer will govern’ One little-noticed feature of Labour’s most recent reshuffle was the beefing up of shadow minister Alison McGovern’s duties,… Tom Belger 15th December, 2023, 2:07 pm
News Young Fabians suspend members, review culture and halt events over complaint The Fabian Society has launched a review of the Young Fabians and suspended its in-person activities, elections and… Tom Belger & Morgan Jones 23rd October, 2023, 4:54 pm
News Climate activists demand Labour halts Rosebank and scraps fossil fuel subsidies Almost 100 climate activists, experts and campaigners from around the world have written to Labour leader Keir Starmer,… Tom Belger 28th September, 2023, 4:33 pm