Local governance referendums taking place this year: what, why and where?
Residents in several areas will soon have the chance to decide how their council is run. In local…
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Tories in hot water over lobbying, but could ‘Teflon Boris’ evade blame again?
Forget revolving door – the door is wide open. A hole in the wall through which former and…
Reeves on lobbying review: not independent, barely an inquiry, an insult
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor of the…
PMQs: Starmer questions the witness over “the return of Tory sleaze”
Keir Starmer enjoyed himself today as he challenged Boris Johnson over the Greensill scandal when the pair met…
Tories to vote down Labour proposal for parliamentary inquiry into lobbying
The perfect case study to illustrate the ‘revolving door’ concept keeps offering up fresh examples of outrageous yet…
Labour’s task? Rebuilding a connection with the millions of voters in the middle
Labour is preparing for its first electoral test since the 2019 election. In the 16 months since that…
This is a finance bill for the corporations, not the people – McDonnell’s speech
Below is the full text of John McDonnell’s House of Commons speech today at the second reading of…
If we don’t turn up, we don’t win: memo from Labour’s newest councillor
I’m Labour’s newest councillor after winning the Alston ward contest on Longridge Town Council unopposed on Monday. Until…
Dodds calls for “completely independent inquiry” into Greensill Capital affair
The government is facing an urgent parliamentary question on the Greensill Capital scandal this afternoon. Specifically, Labour has…
Why we need the new cross-party UK Trade and Business Commission
On January 1st this year, we saw the biggest change in our country’s trading relationships for decades when…
