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Over the weekend, the centre-left group Labour Together released a report titled Red Shift, laying out a strategy for how Labour can win the next election, the findings of which, the Guardian reports, were briefed to national campaign…
The national executive committee yesterday voted to block Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate in the next general election by a margin of 22 votes to 12. The motion, which said Corbyn's candidacy was not in Labour's "political…
"Fighting crime is a Labour cause," Keir Starmer declared in a speech setting out the second of the 'missions' that will form the basis of Labour's manifesto. The Labour leader told an audience in Stoke-on-Trent on Thursday: "Whatever the…
Boris Johnson faced a three-and-a-half-hour grilling in front of the Commons privileges committee yesterday afternoon about whether he misled parliament over 'partygate'. During the session, the former Prime Minister doubled down on his…
Today marks six years since the Westminster terror attack which claimed the lives of five people, including police officer Keith Palmer. Both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer began today's Prime Minister's Questions by paying tribute to Palmer…
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will this afternoon appear in front of parliament's privileges committee. The committee, chaired by Harriet Harman, will quiz Johnson on his statements to the House of Commons regarding whether or not…
It is much easier for the Conservatives to lose the next election than it is for Labour to win it. A swing of 3% costs the Conservatives their majority. One of around 12% would deliver Labour 124 gains and an overall majority of just two…
"I don’t think the party’s going to progress as a credible political force unless the infighting can be diminished." That was Martin Forde KC's stark warning for Labour during an event hosted by think tank Compass last night. Forde led an…
On Friday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The court is seeking to pursue war crimes charges against Putin over atrocities in Ukraine, a move that Ukrainian…
The inadequacy of yesterday's Budget was epitomised by one of Jeremy Hunt's few surprise announcements: scrapping the lifetime allowance on tax-free pension contributions. The Chancellor also announced that the tax-free yearly allowance for…
PMQs is normally the big event of the day in Westminster, but this week's session was overshadowed by the forthcoming Budget. You could tell: the affair had a phoned in, last-day-of-term atmosphere, with Keir Starmer choosing to question…
Last week the parliamentary watchdog recommended that the Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP Neil Coyle be suspended from the commons for five days over breaches of parliament's harassment rules. In February of last year, Coyle made racist…
