Labour defeats Zack Polanski in Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Labour has held Keir Starmer’s former constituency in a by-election, comfortably defeating Green leader Zack Polanski. Camden council…
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Ann Clwyd MP to step down
Long-serving Labour MP Ann Clwyd has announced that she’ll be stepping down from her seat in Cynon Valley…
Labour drags Downing Street into Gove’s Ofsted row
Michael Gove has been making the headlines this weekend for the sacking of Labour peer Sally Morgan as…
Where are the centre-left governments that Labour can learn from?
France’s president Francois Hollande was in Britain at the end of this week and it was noticeable how…
Dem Libs are not going away, you know
What about those Liberal Democrats, eh? (This is, I realise, a high-risk start to a piece, but please…
Britain’s unbalanced economy offers no real recovery for the forgotten millions
The recent return to growth is welcome. Particularly after the Government’s misguided economic plan starved the economy of…
We need Homes for London
When it comes to housing, the Greater London Authority lives very much in the shadow of its predecessors.…
The week in bits: Polling, Taxes, Boris Johnson and Homophobia
LabourList readers excellent at predicting polls, suggests polls Are LabourList readers the most reliable amateur psephologists in Britain?…
Labour’s challenge is to exhibit the behaviours of fiscal conservatism
On fiscal policy and party reform, Labour has made two big moves in the last week. If I…
A transformative process for a Party which in turn aspires to transform the country
The country is desperately in need of dynamic leadership. Standards of living are flat lining or falling for…
Weekly survey: Party reform – and what should the top rate of tax be?
The past seven days have been big for the Labour Party. Last night Ed Miliband announced his plans…
