Joani Reid resigns Labour Party whip after husband accused of spying
MP for East Kilbride and Strathaven Joani Reid has resigned the Labour Party whip after her husband was…
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Richard Leese to stand down as Manchester City Council leader
Sir Richard Leese has announced that he will be standing down as the leader of Manchester City Council…
Boris Johnson kicks the can down the road with barely-there social care plan
Labour’s opposition day, with a planned vote on Universal Credit, is cancelled. Instead of debating whether the worst-off in…
Universal Credit vote blocked as government scraps opposition day
Jacob Rees-Mogg has told parliament that an opposition day debate, in which Labour had been planning to force…
Patient care, not private profit. How we want to amend the health and care bill
73 years ago, a Labour government created the National Health Service. Its introduction transformed lives, giving access to…
Starmer on levy: “We need to ask those with broadest shoulders to pay more”
Below is the full text of Keir Starmer’s response in the House of Commons to the government statement…
Rachel Reeves attacks National Insurance hike as “unfair tax on jobs”
Labour’s Rachel Reeves attacked the proposal of an increase in National Insurance today by describing it to opposite…
Labour implementing ban on groups in “unfair” way, say 12 NEC members
12 members of Labour’s ruling body have written to David Evans and Margaret Beckett to say they “feel…
Relationship and sex education is key to preventing sex abuse between children
It’s a sad reality that peer-on-peer sex abuse is on the increase amongst children. New figures published by…
National Insurance rise for social care not the right way to go, Starmer tells PM
Boris Johnson will today unveil his social care plan, or at least the plan to fund the plan.…
Mandatory voter ID could cost £180m, government impact assessment shows
Campaigners have criticised the “staggering” cost of government plans to require photo identification for voting after an official…
