‘Manchesterism must reach beyond the city regions’
Economic growth was the central mission of Labour’s 2024 manifesto. It was the change Labour was elected to…
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‘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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
‘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…
‘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…
‘Tory leasehold reform won’t fix this feudal system – here’s how Labour can’
“An End to Feudalism” was the promise our party first made to leaseholders in 1995. It was the…
Labour NEC elections: Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance unveils slate
The Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance is backing four candidates in this year’s elections to Labour’s national executive committee, all…
‘Tory voter ID plans risk gagging many voters – but here’s how we combat it’
Last week, London mayor Sadiq Khan warned the Tories’ introduction of ID requirements for voters is “designed to…
