News Jack Straw cleared after lobbying sting Former Cabinet minister Jack Straw has been cleared by the Parliament Standards Commissioner for his conduct in a… 17th September, 2015, 4:57 pm
Comment Why Labour’s modernisers should back Corbyn’s resistance to Heathrow expansion It’s now clear that Labour will oppose Heathrow expansion. Not only did Jeremy Corbyn say during the… Leo Barasi 17th September, 2015, 4:14 pm
Comment The Tory press are playing games again. We must not let it distract us Over the last few days I have had another painful insight into the lengths that some papers in… John Mills 17th September, 2015, 3:13 pm
Comment The fault line on Europe must indeed be with the Tories, not with British membership In all of the media coverage since Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader, the Tory Eurosceptic press have… Richard Howitt 17th September, 2015, 2:32 pm
Comment This is shaping up to be a radically different Scottish Conference Scottish Labour will meet at conference in Perth at the end of October on the back of a huge… Duncan Hothersall 17th September, 2015, 1:29 pm
News Neale Coleman announced as Labour’s Director of Policy and Rebuttal Update: Kevin Slocombe has been appointed as the press spokesperson for Jeremy Corbyn. Slocombe has worked as head of… 17th September, 2015, 11:47 am
Comment Circuses and skillsets I offer you this extended metaphor: There was once an incredibly famous trapeze artist. Let’s call him “The… Emma Burnell 17th September, 2015, 8:37 am
News Jeremy Corbyn says Labour won’t campaign to leave the EU Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour will not campaign to leave the European Union. Labour’s new leader told the… 17th September, 2015, 8:23 am
Comment Appointing a new Shadow Cabinet: How did Jeremy Corbyn do? One job – appointing a new Shadow Cabinet – was actually four very delicate tasks. Jeremy Corbyn had… Duncan Hall 16th September, 2015, 4:13 pm
News Labour’s Shadow Welfare Secretary calls for party to review position on benefits cap Owen Smith, Shadow Welfare Secretary, has called for a debate within the Labour party over benefits cap. The… 16th September, 2015, 3:27 pm