‘Jack Charlton and Labour’s rural tradition’
As the Member of Parliament for Blyth and Ashington, I represent communities that helped build both the Labour…
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Lucy Powell asks “Do I look like a politician?
Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell went to find out what people in her local area thought about politicians…
Marriage is too important to be left to a tax break
Like many people in their early thirties, I’ve spent almost every weekend over the last few summers (and…
Ed Miliband’s “Cost of Living Crisis” speech – Full Text
Speaking today at Battersea Power Station, Ed Miliband said: It is great to be here in Battersea with…
Today Ed Miliband will show how far he’s come – and how far he still has to go
Today Ed Miliband is speaking at Battersea Power Station – a fitting venue, considering how his fortunes have…
I need your help to beat my local Tory MP
Like so many people where I live in Peterborough, I’m struggling with the cost of heating the home.…
Labour says no new evidence to re-open Falkirk inquiry
The Labour Party has confirmed this evening that it has no plans to re-open the inquiry surrounding the…
Has George Osborne learned NOTHING from the financial crisis?
Thanks to George Eaton for flagging up what George Osborne reportedly told the Cabinet recently: “Hopefully we will…
Is Britain being held to ransom by trans-national companies and billionaires?
If you cut through the hysteria currently being generated by the Murdoch echo chamber that is the Sunday…
A National Living Wage would create jobs
Raising the national minimum wage to the Living Wage would lead to more jobs being created in the…
About that “so-called” BBC bias
There has been even more whinging from the Tory right than usual about the BBC’s “political bias” lately…
