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Voters want the Labour Government to take back control of our borders – and that’s exactly what we’re doing with our plan for change. I am proud of our country’s willingness to give people fleeing persecution and abuse the right to start a…
I’m reeling from that Budget. Tax cuts for the richest whilst sanctioning those who already won’t be able to make ends meet this winter is not only reckless but malevolent. Others have said that better than I ever will, but I do want to say…
The private rented sector isn’t working for millions of tenants. The sector has grown and the possibility of home ownership has collapsed, so private renting has become the long-term default for huge numbers of people, including 1.5 million…
Every morning, I kiss my children goodbye at the gates of their school, and then walk hand in hand with my wife to the tube. I am proud of my family. We love and respect each other, and we have lots of fun. Yesterday, Commons leader Andrea…
“Let us be frank about one thing. It is no good trying to comfort ourselves with the thought that automation need not happen here; that it is going to create so many problems that we should perhaps put our heads in the sand and let it pass…
Huge strides have been made towards LGBT equality, thanks in large part to the actions of Labour Party politicians. Section 28 has been abolished, equal marriage rights have been secured, and society is becoming more tolerant and accepting…
The vote to leave the European Union was a stark reminder that Labour’s political elites are losing touch with the working class communities the party was founded to represent. Despite the party urging otherwise, the majority of Labour’s…
Most Labour activists spent last week wearing down their shoe leather and snatching their fingers from the jaws of over enthusiastic dogs. But will they do the same again in just six weeks’ time? The votes of Labour supporters could decide…
We’re about a third of the way through the Labour Leadership contest, billed as our big chance to have an honest debate about what went wrong and what to do next. But if one word typifies the campaign so far, it is caution. I can't disagree…
When Trenton Oldfield’s head bobbed up on our TV screens on Saturday, the boat race suddenly got interesting. Within minutes he had been compared to Emily Wilding Davison, the Suffragette who gave her life for her cause by running in front…
By Olivia Bailey, National Chair of Labour Students News broke over the weekend that David Miliband will travel to twenty universities around the country to listen to students' views. The headlines inevitably focussed on David's return to…
By Olivia Bailey So, Harriet Harman appears to be embroiled in another "Harperson saga", where she has the sexist media lining up against her to shoot down whatever ridiculous thing it is she has said now. I'm amazed this is still rolling…
