Comment Shabana Mahmood: After years of complacency it’s time the chancellor tackled Tory failures on welfare and skills The Autumn Statement this year will be the first fiscal event following the Brexit referendum result and the… Shabana Mahmood 18th November, 2016, 2:00 pm
News Reeves and Leslie among Labour backbenchers demanding chancellor tackle inequality in Brexit Britain A group of former shadow cabinet ministers have come together to set out their own stance on the… Emma Bean 18th November, 2016, 9:29 am
Comment Putting Corbyn’s pledges into practice – Alice Perry on the national policy forum Alice Perry, the Labour national executive committee (NEC) member for local government, has written a preview of the… Alice Perry 18th November, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment Clive Lewis: Yes, Labour will raise corporation tax but we will support businesses through Brexit uncertainty This is the full speech given today by shadow business secretary Clive Lewis at the Royal Society of Chemistry.… Clive Lewis 17th November, 2016, 12:00 pm
Comment Teresa Pearce: The Tories are running out of time to save social care from the crisis they created over the last six years The upcoming Autumn Statement could be make or break for adult social care. After years of austerity cuts… Teresa Pearce 17th November, 2016, 11:30 am
News Clive Lewis: Trump victory could cause climate catastrophe A leading member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow Cabinet will today issue a new warning over the impact of… Emma Bean 17th November, 2016, 9:33 am
Comment Bill Esterson: Trump’s worldview is incoherent and implausible but it shows us why the centre-left also needs a vision Democrats in the US and Labour in Britain have to recognise that we lack vision. The centre-left has… Bill Esterson 17th November, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment PMQs verdict: combative Corbyn’s points of detail edge out awkward, scripted May It began with an issue few will have heard of but Jeremy Corbyn’s tactics today were more familiar:… Emma Bean 16th November, 2016, 2:21 pm
Comment Five urgent steps Tories must take amid Brexit chaos – McDonnell’s speech in full This is the full text of a speech given today by shadow chancellor John McDonnell. Thank you very… John McDonnell 15th November, 2016, 11:37 am
News “Poverty pay” risk of self-employment, warns Debbie Abrahams Self-employed people are at risk of ending up with simply “poverty pay”, Labour’s welfare spokeswoman has said. Anyone… Emma Bean 14th November, 2016, 5:30 pm