‘Our regional theatres are engines of growth. Labour should help them thrive’ Growing up in Norfolk, where my mother ran the local arts centre in King’s Lynn, I saw the… Alice Macdonald MP 24th October, 2026, 10:00 am
Comment Labour won Tory seats with a stirring campaign – but danger lurks in the detail of both parties’ spending plans General election 2017 (seats won compared with 2015): Conservatives: 318 (-13) Labour: 262 (+30) SNP: 35 (-21) Lib… Brian Barder 20th June, 2017, 1:00 pm
News Chuka Umunna and Labour MPs demand re-think over single market Labour backbenchers including Chuka Umunna have revived calls for Britain to stay in the single market in the… Peter Edwards 20th June, 2017, 12:45 pm
Comment McDonnell: Chancellor has confirmed failed austerity will continue This is the full statement published by shadow chancellor John McDonnell in response to Philip Hammond’s Mansion House speech… Peter Edwards 20th June, 2017, 10:40 am
News Diane Abbott says she has received “thousands” of messages of support as she makes television comeback Diane Abbott said today she is back to “fighting fitness” as spoke about her return to the frontbench… Peter Edwards 20th June, 2017, 8:59 am
Comment Ian Lavery: From Grenfell Tower to Brexit, the PM has shown she is not up to the job Theresa May is finished. After her chaotic and incompetent snap election campaign ended in a disastrous result for… Ian Lavery MP 20th June, 2017, 8:30 am
Comment Manuel Cortes: It would be madness for Labour to accept any Brexit deal which quietens our voice in Europe It’s great to see Labour’s frontbench singing from the same hymn sheet on Brexit whilst the Tories are… Manuel Cortes 20th June, 2017, 7:00 am
Comment Theresa May’s 10 serious failures over the Grenfell Tower tragedy The failure of Theresa May and her government to mount a coherent or compassionate, response to the Grenfell… Peter Edwards 19th June, 2017, 5:00 pm
Comment The six seats Labour lost on June 8 – and every one of them in a Brexit town There were many positives for Labour on June 8, as it posted a net gain of 30 MPs, but… Emma Bean 19th June, 2017, 4:15 pm
Comment How Corbyn’s message helped Labour reclaim a key marginal seat After a big hit of schadenfreude for some on June 8, and a large slice of humble pie… Lewis Bassett 19th June, 2017, 2:00 pm
News Corbyn completes spectacular turnaround to post three point lead over Tories Labour has raced ahead of the Tories in a spectacular new poll. Jeremy Corbyn’s party scored a three… Peter Edwards 19th June, 2017, 11:31 am