News Labour must embrace devolution despite “centralist” instincts, says Tristram Hunt Labour “must go further and faster” on devolution if the party is to provide an alternative to the… Sarah Pine 18th April, 2016, 9:32 am
News “Austerity is a political choice” – full text of John McDonnell’s speech John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, speech at the RSA on Labour’s approach to the economy REWRITING… 11th March, 2016, 11:41 am
News Hopes rise on Labour funding as Lords water down Tories’ trade union bill Labour has won a key battle in the war to protect its funding from the “partisan attack” of… Sarah Pine 2nd March, 2016, 6:17 pm
News Tories “rigging the system” as 600,000 disappear from electoral roll The Tories face accusations of rigging the electoral system as new statistics show hundreds of thousands of people… Conor Pope 25th February, 2016, 10:46 am
News Corbyn hints at possibility of online vote over Trident policy Jeremy Corbyn has said that he and deputy leader Tom Watson are looking into “digital ways of involving… 11th January, 2016, 3:23 pm
News “No, Mr Cameron, we do not trust you” – Tom Watson’s full speech on government transparency Throughout my 14 years as an MP I have grappled with notions of privacy and transparency, trust and… 18th December, 2015, 12:36 pm
Comment Why it’s time to stand Labour candidates in Northern Ireland In August this year I stood in a packed school hall to listen to Jeremy Corbyn address West… Kathryn Johnston 14th December, 2015, 9:24 am
Comment This week the electoral mountain Labour must climb became even higher Labour came out of 2015 having fought the election with an unpopular leader, lacking credibility on the economy… Caroline Badley 4th December, 2015, 9:57 am
Comment The Eighteenth Brumaire of Jeremy Corbyn It has been an extraordinary time for the Labour Party. After a second shattering electoral defeat Labour’s world… Jonathan Rutherford 6th November, 2015, 9:41 am
Comment A vote too far? How we lost the vote on electoral registration In the end it was probably too much to expect the House of Lords to take on the… Paul Wheeler 2nd November, 2015, 3:24 pm