Leadership candidates refuse to back Harman on child tax credits
Three of Labour’s leadership candidates have spoken out against Harriet Harman’s announcement that Labour won’t oppose the benefits…
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Labour won’t oppose benefit cap, says Harman
Harriet Harman today said that Labour will not be opposing parts of the welfare reforms set out by…
Unite sign up over 50,000 members to vote in Labour leadership contest
There were reports today that 30,000 members of Unite the Union have signed up to vote in the…
Burnham has a plan for the biggest shift from Westminster to councils in a generation
This article is co-authored by 12 Labour group leaders, listed below. Andy Burnham’s speech last week on A New…
Are the Tories planning to push through anti-trade unions laws?
The Conservatives could put forward new legislation to clamp down on strikes as early as next week, according…
LabourList readers oppose Budget surplus and Syria airstrikes
In recent week the Labour leadership team have signed up to George Osborne’s proposal for the government to…
Liz Kendall announces review into tax reliefs, as candidates oppose public sector pay freeze
Liz Kendall has announced that she is launching a review into tax reliefs headed by Margaret Hodge. Kendall…
“He says he stands up for working people. What he does makes them worse off.” – Full text of Harriet Harman’s Budget response
The Chancellor is said to be liberated without the ties of coalition holding him back. Mr Deputy Speaker,…
How will the right wing press report Osborne’s non-dom policy?
You might recall Ed Miliband pledged to abolish the non-dom tax status back in April. The policy was…
Voters strongly oppose cuts to welfare and top rate of tax
A majority of people oppose the Tories plans to slash the welfare budget by £12 billion and reduce…
