We will fight to protect our democratic rights at all costs
This week the Committee Stage of the Tories’ Trade Union Bill drew to a close. Our Labour team…
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Shadow ministers pen open letter to Tories over shale gas drilling dangers
To: The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change The Rt Hon…
Ian Murray: “People are ready for a fightback.”
“We’ve had different policy positions on a lot of things for a long time. My policy position personally…
A tale of two speeches: what we learned from Corbyn and Dugdale
Two days, two leaders and two very different speeches. Of course, Jeremy Corbyn could not arrive on stage…
What happened at this week’s meeting of Labour for the Common Good? Devolution was on the agenda
Ann Coffey MP chaired this week’s meeting of Labour for the Common Good group in Parliament – this…
Dugdale: “It wasn’t where we sat on the political spectrum that caused this problem”
“Take a fresh look.” That’s what Kezia Dugdale tells me will be the slogan of this weekend’s Scottish…
Lord Noon was part of a generation of British Asians who shaped this country
For many young British Asians Lord Noon was a hero. He showed what was possible. I first knew…
Housing costs cause London poverty. Only a Labour mayor will act
A new report on poverty in the capital has underlined just why next May’s Mayoral election is so…
Osborne finds himself in the trap he set for Labour
Tax credits are fast becoming a millstone around the neck of the Tory Party. Osborne is said to…
We need the political will to reduce hunger
The furore over tax credits has called the Prime Minister’s call for an “all-out assault on poverty” into…
