Jon Ashworth: The Tories are turning the clock back to hide their failures on education, crime and the NHS
Today at Conservative Party conference, the Tories will be discussing “a society that works for everyone”. We’ll hear…
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Brexit, party reform and congrats to Corbyn – Alice Perry’s latest NEC report
Congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn The NEC congratulated Jeremy Corbyn on his re-election as Labour leader. Leadership elections are…
As bad as George Osborne, but with worse jokes – McDonnell on Hammond’s speech
This is the full response by John McDonnell, the shadow Chancellor, to the speech by opposite number Philip…
Jon Ashworth: Tory conference shows they have no answers on the economy, no plan for Brexit and no vision of the future
We’re one day in to Tory conference in Birmingham and, with Theresa May speaking yesterday and her Chancellor…
It would be a mistake to scrap the £25 supporters – whatever your view of Corbyn
My first vote in a general election, back when I was a student, was for a Green candidate.…
It is a national disgrace that thousands of refugee children are being denied the shelter they deserve
I wasn’t at Labour Party conference this year. I’m on maternity leave with my son and I’ve been…
No answers, no change: that’s the story of Theresa May’s Tories
With Tory conference starting in Birmingham today, all eyes are on Theresa May and her Government’s shouting match…
The only thing clear about May’s politics is her contempt for her predecessor
Brexit and the policy to revive grammar schools demonstrate the directionless mind of Theresa May. By replacing Cameron,…
Glenis Willmott: The reality of a Hard Brexit is job losses and fresh curbs on the rights of working people
It is three months since the EU referendum and although some leading Brexiters like Nigel Farage, have stepped…
Is this the new, outward-looking Corbyn? Why his conference speech was aimed at non-supporters
Jeremy Corbyn is an exemplary and vastly underrated political communicator. And not just in a ‘doing things differently’,…
