Comment Britain didn’t vote to be worse off – Labour must demand a second referendum A recent YouGov poll concluded that voters won’t accept a Brexit that leaves them worse off. Those regions… Dan McCurry 19th December, 2016, 8:50 am
Comment Teresa Pearce: Not a shred of evidence that an oath of allegiance to British values would help multicultural communities This is the full statement published by Teresa Pearce, shadow secretary of state for communities and local government, after… Teresa Pearce 19th December, 2016, 8:32 am
Comment Corbyn: It is a national disgrace that elderly and disabled people are being denied the dignity and care they need This is the letter sent by Jeremy Corbyn to Theresa May demanding an urgent summit on the social… Jeremy Corbyn 17th December, 2016, 10:19 pm
Comment Glenis Willmott: May’s miserable moment on her own shows Brexit Britain deprived of influence under the Tories Glenis Willmott, Labour’s leader in the European Parliament, sets out what we have learnt from Theresa May’s troubled… Glenis Willmott 17th December, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment “Tax giveaways for the big banks and spending cuts for everyone else” – McDonnell on new City scandal This is the statement issued by shadow chancellor John McDonnell following reports today that some large foreign banks in Britain… John McDonnell 16th December, 2016, 7:10 pm
Comment Memo to Jeremy: Remind voters it’s not the economy that pays for the NHS but the health service that powers the economy At the last election Labour campaigned very heavily on the NHS and went on to lose, badly. Yet… Dan McCurry 16th December, 2016, 2:00 pm
Comment UKIP’s vision is of an NHS that checks your purse before it checks your pulse – Jon Ashworth’s rally speech Thank you for that introduction and it is a pleasure to be here. Our first duty should be… Jon Ashworth 16th December, 2016, 12:00 pm
Comment Aslef chief: Southern Rail franchise was failing but this dispute has been made worse by political interference ASLEF represents nearly all the train drivers in the UK, across every company. Our members are professionals who… Mick Whelan 16th December, 2016, 11:12 am
Comment GMB: Social care settlement sends a shameful message that low-paid workers should do even more for less Yesterday’s local government financial settlement showed us all what Sajid Javid thinks of local communities. The answer is… Rehana Azam 16th December, 2016, 8:40 am
Comment We need investment to solve social care crisis, not the buck passed to local government, a council leader writes “The only solution is genuinely new money”. That was the local government’s plea to Westminster hours before the… Warren Morgan 15th December, 2016, 5:00 pm