Comment ‘Labour must reverse council cuts and base funding on need, not local wealth’ As the saying goes, all politics is local. For all the spectacle and drama that Westminster politics brings,… Sir Stephen Houghton 5th July, 2023, 10:25 am
Comment ‘NHS at 75: How Labour’s creation took decades to become a national treasure’ The seventy-fifth anniversary of the NHS this week will be marked by extensive commemorations. From a service in… Dr Andrew Seaton 4th July, 2023, 2:35 pm
Columnist ‘Labour can’t take ethnic minority votes for granted – it must find a voice on race’ Labour has won most Black and Asian votes in every general election for the last half century. But… Sunder Katwala 2nd July, 2023, 9:58 am
News Compass chief under investigation by Labour over pro-pact tweet Labour has said the director of the centre-left think tank Compass Neal Lawson is under investigation by the… Katie Neame 30th June, 2023, 12:52 pm
News Interview: Kim McGuinness on publicly owned buses, Jacinda Ardern and trolls Kim McGuinness was first elected as Northumbria’s police and crime commissioner in 2019. Now she’s standing to be… Morgan Jones & Tom Belger 29th June, 2023, 8:00 am
Comment ‘Our banks often exclude the poorest. A Fair Banking Act could change that’ Today, the insidious and growing presence of illegal money lenders in towns and cities around the UK is… Tom Levitt 28th June, 2023, 1:10 pm
News Nandy backs right to buy and reducing greenbelt but shuns rent controls The Labour party backs tenants’ right to buy social housing to “extend wealth ownership”, but does not support… Tom Belger 28th June, 2023, 12:56 pm
Analysis Is Labour right or wrong to reject universal primary school free meals? Labour’s decision to rule out introducing free school meals for all primary children has sparked a backlash from… Morgan Jones 27th June, 2023, 12:26 pm
Comment ‘Labour’s energy plans must be bolder or risk losing votes to the Greens’ This week, Keir Starmer outlined his fourth ‘mission’ for a future Labour government, introducing the leadership’s plans to… Alex Stephenson 21st June, 2023, 4:30 pm
Comment Party elections: Why we need Labour left reps shaping conference The next general election is fast approaching, so this year’s Labour conference provides the perfect opportunity for Labour… Jean Crocker & Chris Saltmarsh 21st June, 2023, 10:18 am