Shabana Mahmood: After years of complacency it’s time the chancellor tackled Tory failures on welfare and skills
The Autumn Statement this year will be the first fiscal event following the Brexit referendum result and the…
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PM’s stone-faced silence leaves Farage and Boris as Britain’s insulting faces abroad, writes Labour’s top MEP
Today, as Theresa May meets the leaders of the US, Germany, France and Italy at a mini-summit in…
Ian Austin: People are concerned about immigration – Labour must come up with fair answers rather than hiding from it
Not for the first time, Diane Abbott is trying to prevent Labour MPs discussing immigration by accusing them…
Putting Corbyn’s pledges into practice – Alice Perry on the national policy forum
Alice Perry, the Labour national executive committee (NEC) member for local government, has written a preview of the…
The evidence makes a mockery of Tory claims – we all know there is something deeply wrong with Britain’s economy
Next week, we will get our first real look at what type of chancellor Philip Hammond is likely…
Clive Lewis: Yes, Labour will raise corporation tax but we will support businesses through Brexit uncertainty
This is the full speech given today by shadow business secretary Clive Lewis at the Royal Society of Chemistry.…
Teresa Pearce: The Tories are running out of time to save social care from the crisis they created over the last six years
The upcoming Autumn Statement could be make or break for adult social care. After years of austerity cuts…
Alison McGovern: Post Offices could plug the gap of bank branch closures
When the financial crisis was at its zenith in 2008 the Labour government intervened in Britain’s banking sector…
Bill Esterson: Trump’s worldview is incoherent and implausible but it shows us why the centre-left also needs a vision
Democrats in the US and Labour in Britain have to recognise that we lack vision. The centre-left has…
Diane Abbott: Labour must never try to outdo the Tories or UKIP on immigration
It is frequently asserted that Labour should adopt a more hostile posture in relation to immigration in order…
