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Liz Kendall has said that Labour performed so badly in Scotland at the election because the party "lost touch" and "took voters for granted". In an interview with the Sunday Herald, Kendall appeared to echo the remarks made by new Scottish…
Jeremy Corbyn has rejected claims that Labour would split if he is elected leader. In an interview with the Financial Times (£) the leadership contender says that he "appreciates" only a small number of MPs willingly nominated him. However…
By Tom Happold and Conor Pope “It broke my heart a bit at the weekend. How nervous people are, how worried they are.” Liz Kendall is back in London after a thirteen stop, three-day tour of the country. “I spoke to a council candidate who…
‘If you build it, they will come’ is not a strong enough basis on which to build a political movement. The people running Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign know this. They know that the hundreds of people turning out daily to the leadership…
By Tom Happold and Conor Pope Andy Burnham is surprisingly chipper for someone who has slipped from frontrunner to second place in the Labour leadership race. “I believe I can still win this race. If you look at the numbers, I’m…
"If you don't have a credible alternative, it's not a real alternative at all." It is the morning of the latest YouGov poll, which gives Jeremy Corbyn an astonishing 32-point lead. I'm sat with Yvette Cooper in a south east London Sure…
Tony Blair has said the threat of terrorism "is not going away and will intensify in time to come". In an interview with the BBC to commemorate 10 years since the 7/7 bombings in London, the former prime minister - who was in power at the…
Chris Leslie has said Labour's aim should be to run a surplus in "normal times". In an interview with the Sunday Times, the Shadow Chancellor argued that this was important for Labour to gain economic credibility: "This notion that Labour…
Harriet Harman, interim leader of the Labour party, has said that even some Labour voters were relieved the party didn't win the election in May. In an interview with The Independent, Harman drew on research she's commissioned from Deborah…
Chuka Umunna was one of the people to put his name forward to be Labour leader following the party's election defeat earlier this month. However, three days after he said he was standing, he announced he was dropping out of the race. Umunna…
In his first interview since the election, former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, who lost his Morley & Outwood seat on May 7th, has said that he is not looking for a way back into politics. While there has been speculation that Balls would…
Jon Cruddas resigned from the Shadow Cabinet earlier this week to Chair an independent review into why Labour lost. In an interview with the Observer, Labour's former policy chief doesn't hold back - warning that Labour may be facing its…
