News Runcorn and Helsby by-election: Meet Labour candidate Karen Shore Labour has selected local teacher and councillor Karen Shore as its candidate to stand in the looming by-election… Luke O'Reilly & Tom Belger 13th March, 2025, 8:35 pm
Comment ‘We need more than a reformed state. Politicians need actual training’ Today’s speech was a powerful statement of intent from the prime minister, and a step in the right… Tobias Phibbs 13th March, 2025, 12:53 pm
News MP removes name from colleagues’ pro-welfare reform letter amid cuts backlash A Labour MP has distanced herself from a letter supporting reform of the welfare system she said her… Daniel Green 12th March, 2025, 2:46 pm
Comment Welfare benefit cuts: ‘What’s the least bad way to find savings?’ Rachel Reeves is said to be on the verge of cutting billions of pounds from health-related benefits. But… Andrew Harrop 11th March, 2025, 9:26 am
Comment ‘Employment Rights Bill must go further to reform disgraceful sick pay system’ At £116.75 a week – just 17% of the average weekly wage – the UK’s Statutory Sick Pay… Imran Hussain 10th March, 2025, 1:43 pm
Comment ‘Let’s hike tax to spend even more on defence. Voters get the world’s changed’ Keir Starmer has rightly named the active threat Putin poses to the UK, our allies and peace in… Josh Constable 9th March, 2025, 7:00 am
Comment ‘The PM channels Attlee on defence. But a wealth tax, not aid cuts, should fund it’ Listening to Sir Keir Starmer explaining why standing up to Russian tyranny and bending over backward to get… Denis MacShane 4th March, 2025, 4:23 pm
Comment ‘Labour activists cannot dismiss women’s concerns over single-sex spaces’ “No, I won’t be voting Labour. They don’t know what a woman is.” The door slams in my… Bronwen Davies 2nd March, 2025, 7:00 am
News Who is Baroness Chapman, the government’s new international development minister? The government has announced its new international development minister following Anneliese Dodds’ resignation. Baroness Chapman of Darlington was… Daniel Green 1st March, 2025, 6:00 am
News Number 10 and Labour figures react to ‘troubling’ Trump-Zelensky clash Labour figures have criticised Donald Trump following his verbal attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a White… Daniel Green 28th February, 2025, 10:35 pm