Emergency motion to end fire and rehire is backed by conference
Delegates at Labour Party conference have backed an emergency motion calling for an end to fire and rehire.…
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Young people are ‘the new face of poverty’ – what are politicians doing about it?
It feels as if UK politics repeating a very tired story. A political drama fills newspaper front pages,…
10 things that Labour supporters should bear in mind today
Yesterday’s two opinion polls showing Labour 5% ahead (and one showing a 4 point lead) – from Lord…
How can we tackle the “social apartheid” in Britain’s education system?
We live a country blighted by a form of “social apartheid”. Strong words. But not mine, and not…
Tristram Hunt tells private schools to bring down “Berlin Wall” with state sector – or lose £700 million in tax breaks
Labour will announce plans to ‘recast’ the relationship between state and private schools, it has been announced. In a…
Labour will make £250m worth of savings in Home Office to preserve frontline police jobs
Labour have published the first report from their zero-based spending review (ZBR) – the assessment of all governmental…
Our response is not to carry on as before, but to adapt and change
When I last wrote for LabourList, in the wake of the Heywood and Middleton result, someone suggested that…
The talent we need to improve Labour’s image already lies on our backbenches
The message that Labour will repeal the bedroom tax and the NHS reforms and initiate a massive programme…
Weekly Survey: Scottish income tax, Rochester & Strood by-election and Thornberry’s resignation
Former Chancellor and chair of the Better Together campaign Alistair Darling weighed in on matters of fiscal devolution…
Labour will meet industry demand by creating more engineers by 2020
Ed Miliband has pledged that a next Labour government would train more people as engineers. In a Facebook…
Poor working conditions leads to rise in poverty for young people
Young people in work are now increasingly likely to live poverty, new research shows. The rise in insecure…
