Columnist ‘Why Labour should not roll back plans to close the private equity tax loophole’ This weekend the Financial Times reported that senior Labour figures had discussed rolling back one of its remaining… George Dibb 6th February, 2024, 8:23 am
Comment ‘Five challenges all Labour election candidates must be prepared for’ With the PM seemingly having committed to the general election taking place in the second half of 2024,… Stuart Thomson & Scott Goodstein 4th February, 2024, 8:30 am
Comment ‘Labour has looked to Biden for ideas. Could he also have learnt from Starmer?’ Among the unlikeliest of the 16,000 basketball fans that filed into the Capital One Arena in Washington DC… Ed Owen 3rd February, 2024, 9:00 am
Comment Forde report update, selections, general election campaign – Labour NEC report NEC meeting, January 23th 2024 The meeting opened with warm tributes to Tony Lloyd, Glenys Kinnock, Derek Draper… Ann Black 2nd February, 2024, 10:56 am
Comment ‘This by-election, let’s show Galloway and Sunak Rochdale rejects chaos or division’ Last Saturday, I was chosen by local Labour party members to be the candidate for the Rochdale by-election… Azhar Ali 1st February, 2024, 7:00 am
Comment ‘Nottingham faces unprecedented cuts by government diktat – this is not local democracy’ When Nottingham City Council announced it was issuing a Section 114 notice in November last year, there was… Stephen Battlemuch 31st January, 2024, 12:27 pm
Comment ‘If Labour can’t spend more, here’s how we spend better to fix council budgets’ On Monday, Angela Rayner described the government’s announcement of £600m of new emergency local authority funding as a… John Denham 31st January, 2024, 7:00 am
Comment ‘Tory leasehold reform won’t fix this feudal system – here’s how Labour can’ “An End to Feudalism” was the promise our party first made to leaseholders in 1995. It was the… Barry Gardiner 31st January, 2024, 6:41 am
Comment ‘Tory voter ID plans risk gagging many voters – but here’s how we combat it’ Last week, London mayor Sadiq Khan warned the Tories’ introduction of ID requirements for voters is “designed to… Peter Brown 30th January, 2024, 9:29 am
Comment ‘Local government needs more women. Here’s why you should get involved’ Whether or not Rishi Sunak decides to call an election in May, we know one thing for certain… Sharon Thompson 28th January, 2024, 9:00 am