‘Labour prepared for power at its conference; the Tories for opposition’
Keir Starmer is a politician probably more suited to governing than campaigning. Yet the confidence and unity of…
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‘Labour conference 2023: How to make the most of it – for veterans and first-timers’
This year’s Labour Party conference is breaking records, with more than 16,000 delegates, exhibitors and visitors heading to…
‘Labour conference guide: Who attends, and who should I look out for?’
Thousands of delegates, as well as Labour MPs, lobbyists, activists and journalists will soon descend on the great…
‘The Tories may well slash inheritance tax yet – but Labour has nothing to fear’
Inheritance tax: the great survivor of Conservative conference. Following months of briefings, speculation and a Telegraph campaign backed…
‘How do Labour annual conference, its policy process and votes all work?’
The Labour Party’s annual conference is the one of the biggest political events in Europe. It is Labour’s…
‘Ministers like control, but Labour must offer radical, irreversible devolution’
Labour has promised a ‘Take Back Control Bill’ in the first King’s Speech. Aimed at England, it must…
‘Voters are sick of being ripped off. Public ownership must be Labour’s solution’
Last week, Angela Rayner compared renationalisation to Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget, saying it would be ideological and cost…
‘The government’s plans for post-election spending cuts are a trap for Labour’
This is a story about public capital investment. I know it might not sound like the makings of…
‘Our research shows voters want to cut meat consumption. Labour policy must reflect this’
The draft National Policy Forum documents published by LabourList in May contained a pledge by the party to…
‘Voters are turning against Sunak – but are still yet to be won over by Starmer’
Whilst Keir Starmer is no stranger to missing a wide-open goal, his comparison of the government to “cowboy…
