Comment ‘Election finance laws are on the agenda – now is the moment for ambition’ Today, the Electoral Commission revealed the price tag of General Election 2024: £95 million. Also today, the UK… Peter Munro & Isabel Edwards Buesa 17th July, 2025, 2:53 pm
Comment ‘Hope starts young: Why Labour must tell the story of a better tomorrow’ In politics, as in business, ideas only stick when they tell a story. A government can have the… Paul Lindley 13th July, 2025, 6:35 am
News Labour to scrap first past the post for mayoral and PCC elections The Labour government has set out plans to scrap the first past the post voting system for mayoral… Daniel Green 11th July, 2025, 7:37 am
Comment Andrew Pakes MP: ‘We need blue-collar Labour, not Blue Labour’ Taking pride in where you live and work defines our sense of place. Its opposite – the lack… Andrew Pakes 10th July, 2025, 8:12 am
Analysis A year in power: The cabinet on their proudest wins and favourite moments One year since Labour returned to power, the government has begun in earnest the task of turning the… Daniel Green 3rd July, 2025, 9:00 am
Comment ‘One year on, Labour still hasn’t reckoned with collapsing trust in politics’ I spent the general election campaign travelling the country for LabourList, visiting marginal seats, talking to candidates and knocking… Morgan Jones 3rd July, 2025, 7:00 am
Comment Welfare vote: ‘Three options Rachel Reeves has to plug the fiscal gap’ What remained of the welfare reform bill scraped through the Commons yesterday. The government had been banking on… Joe Dromey 2nd July, 2025, 1:26 pm
Comment Spending Review: ‘A poor hand played well, but is it enough to deliver change?’ This was an authentically Labour spending review. The spending limits were the product of Rachel Reeves’ wise decision… Andrew Harrop 12th June, 2025, 9:18 am
Comment Spending Review: ‘Will the PM keep his five missions front and centre?’ Spending reviews are a big moment in any government’s life. They set the spending totals for the following… Dan Corry 7th June, 2025, 6:00 am
News Lou Haigh: ‘We need change that spark fights – and a new economic settlement’ Louise Haigh has issued a stark warning to the Labour cabinet she left only months ago, warning Labour’s… Tom Belger 31st May, 2025, 11:24 am