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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Weekly Survey – What should the Minimum Wage be?
The Labour Party is your party – so we want to know what LabourList readers think on the…
After Amritsar, it’s time to call time on the “30 Year Rule”
Margaret Thatcher, Geoffrey Howe and Leon Brittan held Britain’s three great offices of State thirty years ago. The…
Ed Miliband “One Nation Economy” speech – full text
In a speech at Senate House in London on banking reform and a “One Nation Economy”, Ed Miliband…
After Duggan
There are lessons for the Labour Party to learn in the wake of the shooting of Mark Duggan.…
Obesity – can we change hearts, minds and waistbands?
Lord Tebbit, possibly the most charming member of the House of Lords, this week, said that obese people…
Miliband wants a Britain where the banks work for you – not the other way round
George Osborne may have stolen his thunder somewhat with a tactically timed non-pledge to possibly, maybe increase the…
Labour can’t afford to get outflanked by Osborne on the Minimum Wage
It seems that George Osborne has had a rather sudden damascene conversion to a higher Minimum Wage. His…
What shall we expect from Simon Hughes as a Minister? More pious lectures…
This week Simon Hughes MP set out his priorities in his new job as Justice Minister. In an…
Angela Eagle and the #pointydeathstare
If, like us, you missed the Angela Eagle PMQS #pointydeathstare go viral on Twitter last night, here it…
I’m a banker
What words spring to mind when you think of bankers? Rich? Greedy? Irresponsible? Culprits of the financial crisis?…
