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The third reading of the covert human intelligence sources (criminal conduct) bill divided the Labour left in parliament yesterday. 34 Labour MPs, plus suspended Claudia Webbe, defied the whip on the controversial government-proposed…
We might have assumed that this week would be dominated by Brexit news, as Boris Johnson did set today – the European Council summit – as his deadline for getting a deal. But the Prime Minister has accepted that this self-imposed target…
Last night Keir Starmer called for the government to follow advice from its own experts and put England into a 'circuit break' lockdown. Boris Johnson tried to deflect from the demand today by painting a picture of confusion in Labour's…
While every other lobby journalist was distracted by the publication of the September scientific advisory group for emergencies (SAGE) minutes, LabourList was closely following the Parliamentary Labour Party meeting taking place over Zoom…
The Prime Minister will deliver a statement this afternoon on the new ‘three tier’ system, under which every area of the country will be classified as ‘medium’, ‘high’ or ‘very high’. The details of which restrictions belong to each alert…
Boris Johnson came prepared to Prime Minister's Questions session this afternoon. As Keir Starmer predictably kicked off with the Tory Excel blunder, which saw nearly 16,000 cases not passed on to contact tracers, Johnson had his answer…
20 Labour MPs defied the party whip last night to take a stand against the covert human intelligence sources (criminal conduct) bill, which was approved by the House of Commons at second reading with just 21 ‘No’ votes, plus two tellers…
Nominations have now closed for Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) elections. A total of 454 Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) participated in the process – the highest number in any NEC election to date. LabourList has drawn up a…
The British people do not want to "throw in the sponge, they want to fight and defeat this virus". Boris Johnson called a press conference last night to give the nation a pep talk. Full of the usual hopeful bluster, the Prime Minister…
New polling released by Opinium over the weekend saw Labour overtake the Tories in voting intention for the first time since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister and the first time since July 2019. Margin of error aside, the research…
Keir Starmer aired his first party political broadcast (PPB) as Labour leader on Wednesday, which readers can watch here. Titled ‘A New Leadership’, the video features Starmer outside his childhood home in Surrey describing why he is proud…
New polling has found high levels of consensus among the British public on the economy. Clear majorities were identified in support of a targeted extension of the furlough scheme (66%), job guarantees for under-25s (64%) and benefits…
