Angela Rayner: Downing Street briefings don’t change the fact that the Tories have held down teachers’ pay
Teachers across the country will be returning to the classroom this week after a summer that – thanks…
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Tracy Brabin: Silence of the Tories on childcare shows their policy is unravelling
Yesterday marked the start of the first full week that working parents should, according to Tory ministers, be…
May’s hard Brexit means the need for Labour localism is greater than ever
It was 15th November 2011 when the Localism Act received royal assent. The act – which former David Cameron…
Anti-Semitism shames our party — and both pragmatism and principle dictate we must drive it out wherever we find it
The first step in tackling anti-Semitism within the Labour Party is to admit that it is happening. We…
Manuel Cortes: Free movement in a world without borders for working people has always been part of the Labour dream
The Tory Brexit shambles is an ever-more damaging, ever-more embarrassing spectacle. As the clock ticks, the Tory troika…
Mike Amesbury: Devolution can’t just be for the Mersey – Cheshire deserves it too
One of the first parliamentary tasks of any newly elected MP is to deliver a maiden speech –…
Only Labour can effect the change needed to tackle the housing crisis
Since their ill-fated return to power as part of the coalition in 2010, the Conservatives’ attempts to tackle…
The Tories claim economic success – but workers’ pay suggests otherwise
Figures released by the Office for National Statistic (ONS) this month showed that unemployment fell by 57,000 in…
Lucy Powell: The Tories’ childcare failures are leading to a lost generation of kids
If Theresa May was so keen on tackling the burning injustices facing Britain she’d be prioritising early years…
Labour must do more to challenge Britain’s toxic immigration debate
When I first moved to Britain in February 2014, I was excited to live in a country that…
