News 40 Labour MPs defy Labour leadership with welfare bill amendment Labour MP Helen Goodman has tabled an amendment to the welfare bill, threatening to further split the party… 16th July, 2015, 3:49 pm
Comment The Tories are launching an attack on working people, the kind even Thatcher wouldn’t have dared Yesterday the Tories brought forward their much debated Trade Union Bill. It is quite frankly an assault on… Tim Roache 16th July, 2015, 8:52 am
News Andy Burnham promises to help businesspeople become Labour parliamentary candidates Andy Burnham promised today to help businesspeople become Labour parliamentary candidates if he is elected party leader. In… 15th July, 2015, 1:06 pm
Comment It’s the Gagging Bill, Part Two: The Trade Union Bill is undemocratic and will do nothing to address the productivity gap It’s no surprise that a majority Tory government has immediately regressed to its worst instincts. Faced with a… Stephen Doughty 15th July, 2015, 10:21 am
News Six things we learned from Andy Burnham’s Press Gallery Lunch Andy Burnham this afternoon became the third Labour leadership candidate to attend a Press Gallery Lunch to speak to… 14th July, 2015, 4:20 pm
News There are just “18 months left to save the BBC”, says shadow minister Chris Bryant is today going to argue that there is “just 18 months left to save the BBC.” Bryant… 14th July, 2015, 1:17 pm
News We must oppose the inheritance tax cut, says Kendall Labour must come out against the cuts to inheritance tax (IHT) outlined by George Osborne in last week’s… 14th July, 2015, 9:00 am
News Weekly survey: Child tax credits, The Sun and the Lib Dems A row has broken out in the Labour party over whether they should back the Government’s plans to… 13th July, 2015, 4:08 pm
Comment Labour shouldn’t accept the Tories’ false dichotomy of deficit rises or benefit cuts “We won’t oppose the household benefit cap [or] what [the Conservatives] brought forward in relation to restricting benefits… Jolyon Maugham 13th July, 2015, 11:53 am
News Leadership candidates refuse to back Harman on child tax credits Three of Labour’s leadership candidates have spoken out against Harriet Harman’s announcement that Labour won’t oppose the benefits… 13th July, 2015, 9:01 am