‘Patriotism and nation-building must be at the heart of Labour’s values story’
In his resignation speech, Wes Streeting invoked ‘a confident British patriotism, decent, fair-minded, internationalist, bound together in common…
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Labour must reckon with its past. The war on Afghanistan was a catastrophe
I was seven years old when the invasion of Afghanistan was launched, but as I sat in the…
Margaret Beckett: “If you want to be at the table, you have to be in politics”
One of the great joys in life is spending time with remarkable people who inspire you and give…
Raab must go after “catastrophic failure of judgement”, Labour tells Johnson
Lisa Nandy has declared the Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab must resign or be sacked by Boris Johnson after…
Nandy: UK was “right” to intervene in Afghanistan but “lessons to be learned”
Lisa Nandy has defended the decision by the then Labour government to intervene militarily in Afghanistan in 2001…
Johnson faces calls for greater support for refugees after Taliban takeover
MPs from all parties have reacted angrily to the UK government response to the situation in Afghanistan in…
Long-serving Great Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell dies at 86
Austin Mitchell, the former journalist who served as Labour MP for Great Grimsby between 1977 and 2015, has…
Starmer on Afghanistan: “The Prime Minister was wrong and complacent”
Below is the full text of Keir Starmer’s contribution to the debate on Afghanistan in parliament today. Thank…
Unite and GMB to ballot Labour staff over potential compulsory redundancies
GMB and Unite trade unions representing Labour staff have confirmed today that they are both holding an indicative…
Starmer accuses PM of “complacency and poor judgement” over Afghanistan
Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of “complacency and poor judgement” over the UK government’s response to the…
Labour reveals Covid measures for party conference attendees
The Labour Party has revealed that those attending the annual party conference in September – the first in-person…
