Gavin Shuker: We can’t walk away from the need for a new runway – and Heathrow meets Labour’s four tests
The Labour Party was right to set four tests for a new runway. Heathrow meets them. The last…
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Teresa Pearce: Labour is clear – it’s time to end infant funeral charges
I feel incredibly lucky to have a wonderful, supportive family around me, including my two daughters and five…
Keir Starmer: Don’t be fooled by the Great Repeal Bill, the Tories’ insatiable contempt for workers’ rights is all too clear
In recent weeks Labour has been pressing the Government to provide a clear plan of what they will…
Memo to Prezza junior: how Corbyn’s new speechwriter can help wow the crowds
Jeremy Corbyn has appointed a new speechwriter. The surname will be familiar to you because David Prescott is…
With Sadiq as mayor we have a chance on housing despite these out-of-touch Tory reforms, a Labour councillor writes
Sadiq Khan was the first London mayoral candidate to put housing at the front and centre of the…
Nick Brown, metro mayors and tackling abuse – Alice Perry’s latest NEC report
Report from October’s NEC equalities, disputes and organisational committee meetings: Improving diversity of political representation The equalities committee and…
McDonnell: Tory u-turns show what Labour movement can achieve when united in opposition to austerity
This is John McDonnell’s speech to the Labour Assembly Against Austerity Conference on Saturday. “We’ve had major successes in…
Conservatives failing to help the disabled into work, says Stephen Timms, author of Labour’s New Deal
In 1998, as a new minister, I took on responsibility for the New Deal for disabled people. We knew…
Are the first cracks beginning to show in Corbyn’s coalition?
“Unity” has been the buzzword in the Labour Party since Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election last month. But how important is…
Labour scrutiny of Brexit has begun – and security is a critical first test
In the next few days, the government will have to decide whether the UK stays in Europol, a…
