PMQs: Starmer draws contrast on pay – NHS nurses or Dominic Cummings?
Dominic Cummings may have left 10 Downing Street last year, but that won’t stop Labour from reminding the…
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£37bn on test and trace, yet “no clear evidence” to judge its effectiveness
£37bn has been allocated to test and trace in England, yet there is no clear evidence that the…
Forgotten PCC elections are crucial for Labour’s route back to power
It is nearly two years since our last elections, and much has changed. Theresa May was Prime Minister,…
Women’s conference, transphobia, AWS, parliamentary boundaries – Labour NEC report
National executive committee report March 4th to 9th Women’s conference The NEC women sub-committee discusses the 2021 women’s…
Jonathan Ashworth’s IPPR speech on preparing for pandemics – full text
Below is the full text of Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth’s IPPR speech on resilience and preparing for…
Labour calls for independent body to oversee future pandemic preparations
Everyone is talking about that interview. Before being broadcast in full on ITV last night, there was pressure…
“By any measure, this is a Budget to be ashamed of” – McDonnell’s speech
Below is the full text of John McDonnell’s Budget speech. With limited time, let me cut to the…
Angela Rayner: “I want to be Deputy Prime Minister – that’s my aspiration”
“People say to me, do you get nervous? But the thing that lets me do my job so…
Labour launches ‘Bright Future’ taskforce as children head back to school
Labour has performed a U-turn on personal allowances. Rishi Sunak announced in his Budget last week that the…
We cannot shy away from the problems facing women in Northern Ireland
In 2017, women in Northern Ireland had one of the highest rate of murder by a partner in…
