Resident doctors’ strike November 2025 – an explainer
Resident doctors are striking today once again over a long running dispute with the government. The industrial action…
Analysis
What are Labour’s rules for a leadership election if Keir Starmer is challenged?
Speculation is rife, not least from sources inside Downing Street, that Prime Minister Keir Starmer could face a…
Briefing Encounters
This is an adapted version of my analysis from the LabourList email this morning. To receive our email…
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: An explainer
“Build Baby Build”. It was that slogan that Steve Reed wore as he proudly placed a cap on…
‘The BBC crisis and our half-right, half-wrong politics’
The BBC is in crisis – again. This is not a piece reporting on what has happened. You…
Labour Tribes Mapped: Latest version of PLMR and LabourList’s guide to PLP
LabourList and leading comms agency PLMR has unveiled the latest version of the Labour Tribes Mapped project, a…
Deputy leadership election: Why did the turnout appear so low?
The headline result of Labour’s deputy leadership election was fairly straightforward. Lucy Powell won by a clear margin…
Labour has a new deputy leader, but what does the result mean for Powell, the Party and the PM?
The results are in. Congratulations to Lucy Powell on winning the role of Deputy Leader of the Labour…
Teal and green waves put safe seat on knife edge as ex-council chief quits
When Andy Moorhead became leader of Knowsley council, a hotchpotch of post-industrial towns clustered around Liverpool, Labour held…
Is running for deputy Labour leader worth it? Former candidates reveal all
“You should not believe anyone… who says they are not ambitious about the top job.” Some will find…
