‘Keir Starmer rebuilt the purpose of Labour, now Andy Burnham must rebuild the spirit of Britain’
In 2018, the year I first came to work in Parliament, Britain was staring into a Brexit abyss,…
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Reaction from MPs and party figures as Starmer announces resignation
Labour figures from across the party have paid tribute to Keir Starmer after his announcement that he will…
‘Making sure it’s worth it’
Defence has often been an uncomfortable policy area for some Labour members. I myself grew up being taken…
Labour cannot waste time ‘treading water’ in government, warns Streeting
Wes Streeting said that Labour still has time to “deliver real change”, as he used a speech in…
‘The political cost of keeping Thames Water privatised’
Starmer spoke last week about “public ownership in the public interest” for British Steel and the King’s Speech…
‘Englishness should not be the preserve of racists and the far-right’
St George’s Day tends to come and go with a little less fanfare than its counterparts elsewhere in…
‘Three chords and a different truth: how ‘Strong Labour’ beats the populists’
Populists play their politics like country music: three chords and their truth. Patriotism and renewal. A grieving nostalgia…
Emily Thornberry Keir Hardie Lecture in full
I am so honoured to have been invited to speak here today and to have the opportunity to…
‘Council Tax shouldn’t punish those who have the least or those we owe the most’
Last year we marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Gathering at memorials…
‘Military compensation should never cost veterans their benefits’
The Armed Forces Covenant is a simple promise that no one who serves, or their family, should be…
