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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Margaret Beckett has announced her intention to stand for the role of Speaker of the House of Commons, saying on Wednesday night: "We've got very considerable problems in Parliament. We have got to make…
From @LabourList Greg Pope, the Labour MP for Hyndburn, former party whip and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, is standing down in the next general election, he's just announced. He said it was not a sudden decision and that changes…
From @LabourList In a candid interview with the New Statesman, new Home Secretary Alan Johnson has admitted that he might one day stand for the leadership of the Labour Party. The admission follows last month's LabourList poll, in which 38%…
From @LabourList Here, LabourList publishes an email exchange that occurred this morning between our two resident economic commentators, Duncan Weldon of the Economics Matters column and Chris Cook of Economics 3.0. The exchange is about…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Last month, LabourList published a crosspost by Armando Iannucci about British politicians at the White House. The post was a little controversial, after Iannucci himself Tweeted, with supremely profane…
From @LabourList Here are the most important points of the PM's statement in the House this afternoon on plans for Constituional renewal: * All MPs' past and future expenses should and will be published on the internet in the next few days…
From @LabourList Join us and take part in our PMQs LiveChat today from 11.30am. You can make comments yourself in realtime, or just view others' remarks by clicking here. Join us now!
PMQs LiveChat, June 10th, 2009
From @LabourList More details of what happened and who said what at last night's PLP gathering are now emerging. Hat tip Paul Waugh. After Tony Lloyd, the PLP chair, opened the meeting, Gordon Brown spoke for 15 minutes, and said he was…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 I'm about to go out to meet Anne Fairweather for tomorrow's LabourList interview, in which we'll be talking about the European election results and the future of the Labour Party. Then I'll be loitering in…
From @LabourList TODAY'S MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS: (The Queen has signified her intention of conferring a peerage on Glenys Kinnock.) DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS Pat McFadden Lord Drayson (jointly with the Ministry of…
