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John Bercow is stepping down as Speaker of the House of Commons at the end of the month – possibly just before a snap election, in the true dramatic fashion we’ve come to expect from Bercow. The race is on to replace him, with MPs set to…
It’s been three weeks since Labour paused almost all parliamentary selections, to the frustration of many activists. The party has now agreed on a process that it will take forward ahead of a likely early election, LabourList revealed…
Depending on which pollster you believe, the Tory lead over Labour is between 0% and 12%. That’s the difference between a hung parliament and a big Conservative majority. The polls vary wildly, but they agree only on one thing: the Labour…
On Friday, I signed off the email with news of an upcoming parliamentary selection that would offer us a result over the weekend at a time when all others are paused. That didn’t quite work out. The Ilford South selection, which was…
The Andrew Marr Show Shami Chakrabarti discussed whether the Prime Minister can bypass the Benn Act, as well as the timing of a snap election and Boris Johnson's Brexit proposal. On whether the Benn Act contains any loopholes: “[The Benn…
Whilst the Brexit melodrama continues to absorb the collective attention of parliament and the media, nearly 17,000 of Southampton’s children - 36% - are living in poverty. To put this into context, a class of 30 at a local school in my…
London gave me the opportunities to go from the council estate where I grew up to being the mayor of the greatest city on earth. Three years later, I still wake up every day passionate about delivering the promise I made to Londoners: to…
Sarah Jones, Labour MP and shadow housing minister, launched a defence of Labour's Brexit position on BBC's Question Time last night. Jones said: “Labour’s position is not a soundbite. It is not easy to explain. It has its difficulties. The…
We are now into October, and the threat of a no deal Brexit at the end of the month looms despite the fact that parliament has passed a law to stop it. The truth is that neither our democracy nor the economy are safe as long as Boris…
Boris Johnson may have won over the ERG and the DUP, but it’s the EU that must be persuaded should the Prime Minister be able to secure a Brexit deal. And they are “unconvinced”. Johnson needs to go back to the drawing board, and despite…
