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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk As has been the case every Saturday throughout the leadership campaign, hustings dominated today's timetable. As today's hustings were held in Newcastle and Middlesborough, issues relating to the North…
By Declan Gaffney During the election campaign, Labour attacked Conservative proposals to reduce tax credit entitlement for better off families, saying that the savings they were aiming for would require cuts to entitlement for families…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk All of the candidates were more active today than they have been lately. One candidate stepped up their online operation, whilst another secured the first Trade Union nomination of the race. Ahead of…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Speaking on the Today programme this morning, former Home Secretary David Blunkett said that it should be possible to preserve police numbers by allowing authorities to "share" resources. Blunkett said: "I…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk After a football dominated day yesterday, the leadership sprang back into life again today, as the candidates continued to digest the impact of cuts, and refine their attacks on both Tories and Lib Dems…
By Mark Ferguson and Alex Smith As we know from the topline results of our latest readers' poll, published last week, the leadership contest is going to be closely fought. David Miliband is leading first preferences by 34.9% to Ed…
By Mark Ferguson and Alex Smith As we know from the topline results of our latest readers' poll, published last week, the leadership contest is going to be closely fought. David Miliband is leading first preferences by 34.9% to Ed…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * Writing for the Mirror - David Miliband says the budget will "hit the poorest hardest". * LabourList covered the Labour reaction as it happened yesterday - you can read it all here. * Liam Byrne thinks…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Today the leadership race was overshadowed by the emergency budget - which dominated the time, and media appearances, of the candidates. However, one candidate did manage to make the headlines for another…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * In their editorial this morning, the Sun attempts to lay the blame for today's budget with Labour. * Today's budget is likely to be the harshest budget in years says the New Statesman. * Meanwhile the…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Today was a quieter day in the race after a weekend of media appearances, CLP visits and a hustings. However the candidates still found time between them to challenge the Tories in Parliament, travel to…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Writing in the Observer today, Alistair Darling attacks the thinking behind the cuts agenda as we head into "emergency budget" week, and outlines what he believes will be the headline policies - a VAT rise…
