‘Someone to bring them together’: The Gorton and Denton by-election campaign from the ground… In writing this article, I will begin with the extremely obvious: it has been, and continues to be,… James Tibbitts 9th February, 2026, 6:30 pm
Comment ‘Labour’s race equality plans are welcome – here’s how we make them stick’ Labour’s race equality plans have been widely welcomed by many, especially those who know all too well how… Deeba Syed 6th February, 2024, 10:12 am
Columnist ‘Why Labour should not roll back plans to close the private equity tax loophole’ This weekend the Financial Times reported that senior Labour figures had discussed rolling back one of its remaining… George Dibb 6th February, 2024, 8:23 am
Comment ‘Five challenges all Labour election candidates must be prepared for’ With the PM seemingly having committed to the general election taking place in the second half of 2024,… Stuart Thomson & Scott Goodstein 4th February, 2024, 8:30 am
Comment ‘Labour has looked to Biden for ideas. Could he also have learnt from Starmer?’ Among the unlikeliest of the 16,000 basketball fans that filed into the Capital One Arena in Washington DC… Ed Owen 3rd February, 2024, 9:00 am
Comment Forde report update, selections, general election campaign – Labour NEC report NEC meeting, January 23th 2024 The meeting opened with warm tributes to Tony Lloyd, Glenys Kinnock, Derek Draper… Ann Black 2nd February, 2024, 10:56 am
News Watch and read Keir Starmer’s speech on Labour’s ‘partnership’ model with business Keir Starmer promised an unprecedented “partnership model” with business if Labour wins the next election, calling the idea… Tom Belger 1st February, 2024, 1:53 pm
News Rachel Reeves rules out corporation tax hikes and vows business tax ‘roadmap’ The shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to cap corporation tax rates at 25 per cent for the… Tom Belger 1st February, 2024, 10:33 am
Comment ‘This by-election, let’s show Galloway and Sunak Rochdale rejects chaos or division’ Last Saturday, I was chosen by local Labour party members to be the candidate for the Rochdale by-election… Azhar Ali 1st February, 2024, 7:00 am
Comment ‘Nottingham faces unprecedented cuts by government diktat – this is not local democracy’ When Nottingham City Council announced it was issuing a Section 114 notice in November last year, there was… Stephen Battlemuch 31st January, 2024, 12:27 pm
Comment ‘If Labour can’t spend more, here’s how we spend better to fix council budgets’ On Monday, Angela Rayner described the government’s announcement of £600m of new emergency local authority funding as a… John Denham 31st January, 2024, 7:00 am