Analysis

Keir Starmer's premiership began by warning Britain how difficult things would be. Andy Burnham has started by showing how government can make life easier.

LabourList takes a closer look what the rules of a contest might be, and who could throw their hat into the ring to lead Scottish Labour.

Burnham is attempting to revive a distinctly Labour tradition of economic populism - one rooted in tackling concentrated economic power, rather than exploiting cultural division.

As Andy Burnham takes over from Keir Starmer as Labour’s eighth Prime Minister, much speculation remains about what his agenda will be for government. With the ‘Plan for Change’ milestones in mind, set out by Starmer at the end of 2024…

Extensive LabourList analysis of broadcast rounds since July 2024 reveals the minister sent out to bat the most in Starmer's government.

It took decades too long, but there is finally justice for the Hillsborough campaigners and Labour has another achievement to be proud of.

Climate change is here, and its effects are real. Sticking our heads in the sand or being distracted by other events will only worsen the consequences.

LabourList has taken a look at the party rulebook for a closer look at the process of choosing a new general secretary – and who some of the runners and riders might be.

If socialism is ‘what Labour does’, this government’s has often been watered down and whispered. This is certainly true of the ‘biggest wave of in–sourcing in a generation’, a Corbyn–era policy curiously re–endorsed in 2024. Ministers have…

What is the 'German Basic Law'? How does it work? And how could it work for Britain?

What did we learn from Andy Burnham's first broadcast interview since the Makerfield by-election and resignation of Keir Starmer?

Andy Burnham has set out his comprehensive vision for the future of the country, ranging from greater public control over utilities to the biggest council house building programme since the war. In a speech in Manchester, Burnham set out…