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Andy Burnham has written to the Prime Minister and all Westminster party leaders today asking them to help with "breaking the impasse" as local leaders in Greater Manchester continue to resist Tier 3 restrictions. The Labour Greater…
Standing for Labour's national executive committee is challenging as an independent but very worthwhile as it raises the issue of sectarian pressures within the committee. Such pressures have their value but it can mean that committee…
The Andrew Marr Show Labour mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham explained why he and other leaders in the area are resisting Tier 3 restrictions and pledged to "do anything to protect low-paid workers" who would be hit hard financially…
Labour is calling for free school meals to be extended over holidays between now and spring 2021, covering the upcoming October half-term, the Christmas break, February half-term and the Easter holidays. The demand comes after Premier…
Wes Streeting, James Murray and Abena Oppong-Asare have been given new roles by Keir Starmer today, LabourList can reveal, as a Labour frontbench reshuffle takes place following resignations this week. Shadow ministers Dan Carden and…
Boris Johnson has been accused of "playing politics with people's jobs and lives" after announcing at the conclusion of the European Council summit today that the UK must be prepared for a no-deal Brexit. The Prime Minister had set a…
Labour left group Momentum has appointed former Labour Party staffer Andrew Dolan as its new political coordinator, replacing Laura Parker who was national coordinator until last year. Dolan was political adviser to Jon Trickett when the…
The third reading of the covert human intelligence sources (criminal conduct) bill divided the Labour left in parliament yesterday. 34 Labour MPs, plus suspended Claudia Webbe, defied the whip on the controversial government-proposed…
34 Labour MPs including seven opposition frontbenchers have broken the party whip today by voting against the covert human intelligence sources (criminal conduct) bill at third reading in the House of Commons. The government-proposed…
The GMB trade union branch for MPs' staff members has condemned the behaviour of Labour backbencher Rosie Duffield after a second employee reportedly quit her office over alleged transphobia. LabourList can reveal that the branch has…
Dan Carden has resigned from the Labour frontbench over the leadership's decision to whip MPs to abstain on the government's controversial 'spycops' bill set to receive its third reading in the House of Commons this afternoon. The left-wing…
We might have assumed that this week would be dominated by Brexit news, as Boris Johnson did set today – the European Council summit – as his deadline for getting a deal. But the Prime Minister has accepted that this self-imposed target…
