Labour hails Theresa May climbdown on surveillance powers
Labour MPs have won several major concessions to the Home Office’s electronic surveillance Bill, including new safeguards for trade…
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McDonnell considers universal basic income as Compass swings behind the flat-rate payment
John McDonnell has paved the way for Labour to adopt the Green Party policy of providing a flat…
We are one party for a reason – there should be no Labour split
I was disappointed to see Owen Jones’ article in the Guardian last week which floated the idea of a split…
GMB honours Harry Harpham with scheme to get working class people into politics
A new trade union initiative has been launched to help working class people into politics, and has been…
Neal Lawson: Labour must back the universal basic income and use it as a springboard to power
There are moments in your political life when you have to pinch yourself. When John McDonnell, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor…
GMB chief: We are Labour but party can only win with “practical policies”
The head of one of Britain’s largest trade unions today warned that Labour cannot afford to be “complacent”…
Brown was right to call on Keynes after the banking crisis – and the new IMF report proves the perils of austerity
The 2010 general election was famous for its polarised economic views. Gordon Brown advocated a Keynesian response to…
Dan Jarvis calls for tougher Government action on winter deaths which hit thousands unnecessarily
Dan Jarvis today calls on the Government to reduce excess winter deaths, which rose to 43,900 2014/15 –…
GMB members demand Labour MPs back Corbyn
Members of the GMB union have issued staunch backing for Jeremy Corbyn amid discontent from some Labour MPs…
Ruth Cadbury: Tories ignore the need for social housing and switch money from the poor to the rich
The term “housing crisis” is so well used in London that you cannot ignore it, yet we have…
