News Conservatives hold seven-point lead in Hartlepool by-election, poll finds Conservative candidate Jill Mortimer has a seven-point lead over the Labour Party’s Dr Paul Williams in the Hartlepool… Elliot Chappell 6th April, 2021, 11:58 am
News Sarwar announces new ‘Scottish skills benefit’ policy for retraining workers Anas Sarwar has announced a new ‘Scottish skills benefit’ policy that would help the furloughed, the out-of-work and… Sienna Rodgers 6th April, 2021, 12:01 am
Comment Unless we restrain car use, the post-Covid normal will be worse than before In terms of transport, the new post-pandemic normal is looking worse than the old normal. Without a clear… Christian Wolmar & Pearl Ahrens 5th April, 2021, 2:00 pm
Comment A year of Keir: Starmer’s choices as leader ahead of his first electoral test Keir Starmer was elected as Labour leader one year ago today, after party members reeling from a crushing… Sienna Rodgers 4th April, 2021, 12:00 am
News How do “Red Wall” voters see Labour? A focus group view of Starmer and team The latest focus group by James Johnson of J.L. Partners that aired today on Times Radio saw undecided… Elliot Chappell 1st April, 2021, 2:30 pm
News Dodds: Excluding furloughed from minimum wage rise “economically illiterate” Anneliese Dodds has described as “economically illiterate” the decision by Rishi Sunak to exclude hundreds of thousands of… Elliot Chappell 1st April, 2021, 11:06 am
News Labour seeks to boost confidence in complaints process via new documents Labour is seeking to boost transparency and confidence in its internal complaints process by releasing new information in… Sienna Rodgers 31st March, 2021, 4:01 pm
Comment “This is what our patriotism looks like” – Lisa Nandy’s Chatham House speech Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy in a Chatham… Lisa Nandy 31st March, 2021, 12:27 pm
News Labour urges ministers to tackle looming global debt crisis set to drive up poverty Labour has urged UK government ministers to help tackle the looming global debt crisis by legislating to temporarily… Sienna Rodgers 31st March, 2021, 11:49 am
Comment Labour must champion our Northern mill towns if we are to regain power As many of us here in Huddersfield, Batley and other mill towns of the North watch the government’s… Hugh Goulbourne 29th March, 2021, 2:45 pm