PMQs verdict: Corbyn channels Labour’s fury on the NHS in bid to shatter stalemate
There are seismic changes playing out in British politics at the moment but it doesn’t always feel like…
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“Tories handing back £7.5bn in corporation tax cuts but social care is cut to the bone” – Corbyn’s polemic at PMQs
“There’s a tragic parallel going on between an under-funded NHS and an under-funded social care system all over…
Tackle Brexit, call out Tory failures and listen to Labour’s brilliant staff: Witney candidate on how to get a by-election boost
I have thought hard about the parallels between Witney and Richmond Park, which might be useful in the…
“Faking a principled stand whilst keeping your career… just like your Brexit friends” – Wolmar’s speech at Richmond debate
This is the full text of the speech given by Christian Wolmar at the final hustings for the…
John Healey: UKIP has a new leader but we must show it’s only Labour that can stand up for blue-collar Britain
In 2012 when John Spellar and I ran the Rotherham by-election we saw UKIP get over a fifth…
Spencer Livermore: In chaos over Brexit and betraying working people – Autumn Statement showed the Tories are in retreat
Last week’s Autumn Statement was a turning point for this government. With downgraded forecasts and abandoned targets, it…
McDonnell: Chancellor’s wriggling over triple lock shows Tories are abandoning pensioners
This is the statement published by John McDonnell after Philip Hammond decline to guarantee the future of the…
Alison McGovern: We must listen to call of starving Syrians and drop aid over Aleppo
This is the speech given by Alison McGovern after tabling an urgent question on the plight of the…
Liz McInnes: As a British national languishes under a death sentence in an Ethiopian jail, we demand Boris Johnson intervene
On the day he became foreign secretary, Boris Johnson made it clear that “when you leave Heathrow, when…
Luke Akehurst: We should be disgusted when our comrades whitewash Castro’s labour camps, torture and firing squads
The eulogising of Fidel Castro by some members of the Labour Party – some of them very senior…
