Inside Blue Labour: ‘Open borders are the capitalist’s dream’
LabourList speaks to MP and Blue Labour member Jonathan Hinder about the group's socialist approach to economics and 'common sense' approach to immigration
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SPONSORED: Usdaw urges the government not to break Labour’s manifesto commitment on secure guaranteed contracts
Retail trade union Usdaw has called on the government to honour Labour’s 2024 manifesto commitment of a guaranteed hours contract for everyone who wants one.
‘Activists are not as weird as we worry they are’
Too much discussion of Labour activists has the tone of breathless anthropology. Too little acknowledges how like the voters we often are.
Liam Evans column: ‘The Left needs the confidence and optimism to dream’
Liam Evans asks of the left: Where is the dream? Where is the ambition? Where is the imagination?
‘Tech companies must answer for online violence against women’
Tech companies cannot be allowed to act with impunity when women's dignity, wellbeing and safety is on the line.
‘Labour wrote the rules on landmines. We can do it again on autonomous weapons’
Blair banned landmines, Brown banned cluster bombs, now Burnham can ban killer robots.
Labour conference motion calling for public ownership of water ruled out of scope
A Labour conference motion calling for the public ownership of water has been ruled out of scope, prompting an appeal from campaigners.
A positive start: Burnham sits down with Trump in New York
An amicable start to relations between Burnham and Trump is helpful, but when dealing with 'The Donald', you are always on thin ice...
‘Universal education should begin in the early years’
If we want to nurture confident, curious and capable citizens of the future universal education must begin in the early years.
Good growth in every postcode 23rd September 2026
Read the good economic news no one else will talk about from across the UK.
‘Reflecting on four years as co-chair of LGBT+ Labour’
As he steps down as co-chair of LGBT+ Labour, Joe Dharampal-Hornby reflects on the last four years and what is ahead for the organisation.
‘Labour can build an NHS fit for the future, but it must start working with us, not against us’
NHS managers want the government to succeed because our patients need Labour to succeed. But reform is something done with people, not to them.