Leadership candidates: please think before you talk tough on benefits
I have a lot of time for Andy Burnham. He’s from Liverpool, I’m from Liverpool. He supports Everton,…
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John Prescott calls for Stella Creasy to be on the deputy leadership ballot
John Prescott has called on Labour MPs to ensure that Stella Creasy makes it onto the deputy leadership…
PMQs verdict: Cameron can’t win with the Punch and Judy politics, but can anyone?
New leaders often pledge to end the “Punch and Judy politics” of Prime Minister’s Questions; even David Cameron…
Labour has “turned the page backwards”, says David Miliband
David Miliband has critiqued Labour’s past five years in office, saying the party had “turned the page backwards.”…
We failed to defeat the Tories because the left has stopped understanding the public
When the exit-poll predictions came out on election night, now just a month ago, they felt like a…
How did candidates fare at the GMB leadership hustings?
The Labour leadership candidates divided today over whether the party should back the government’s plans to further reduce…
Zac Goldsmith to run for London mayor
Zac Goldsmith has announced he is standing to be the Conservative candidate for mayor of London. The Tory…
Why Jeremy Corbyn should be on the leadership ballot
Today MPs will start to formally nominate candidates for Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. Thus…
Liz Kendall secures her place on the leadership ballot
Liz Kendall has received the 35th nomination she needed to secure her a place on the leadership ballot.…
What happened at the PLP leadership hustings today?
Labour MPs watched the five leadership candidates debate this lunchtime at a special meeting of the Parliamentary Labour…
