Election post-mortems, membership rise and Burnham – what we know about this week’s NEC meeting
Labour officials have seen a jump in party membership since Andy Burnham emerged as a possible contender in…
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Why backing proportional representation will help Labour win
Labour made some good progress in last week’s local elections. We beat the Tories back to third in…
More than 230,000 manufacturing jobs lost since 2015, Labour research finds
Research carried out by the Labour Party has found that more than 230,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost…
A wealth tax could create an emergency fund to get people through this crisis
The scale of the assault on living standards is truly terrifying. People are facing the biggest single-year fall…
People rely on food banks because they “cannot cook properly”, Tory MP claims
Conservative MP Lee Anderson has been widely criticised after he claimed that the reason that food bank use…
Cooper argues Home Office under Patel ‘effectively put in special measures’
Yvette Cooper has argued that the Home Office has “effectively been put into special measures” under Priti Patel…
Gove rules out emergency Budget and rejects claims government split on issue
Michael Gove has dismissed reports that the government is planning to bring forward an emergency Budget and rejected…
Wakefield Labour is speedily picking a candidate. Here’s what is happening
Wakefield Labour is busy picking its candidate for the upcoming by-election. Members had until Monday at midnight to apply and…
The Tory Queen’s Speech will not solve the cost-of-living crisis. Here is what will
Britain is on course for the biggest fall in living standards since records began, with inflation predicted to…
A government for the moment is needed, and I think the moment is nearly here
These local elections have proved to me why I joined the Labour Party. A party on the up,…
How the labour movement reacted to the 2022 Queen’s Speech
Prince Charles outlined the government’s legislative plans in the Queen’s Speech this morning, delivering the annual address to…
