Comment ‘Scrapping social care worker visas is a reasonable evidence-based move’ Today’s attacks on Labour for scrapping care worker visas are over-blown. Yvette Cooper and Wes Streeting have taken… Andrew Harrop 12th May, 2025, 10:26 am
News ‘Jobs saved, jobs won, but not job done’: Keir Starmer heralds US-UK trade deal Prime Minister Keir Starmer has heralded a new trade deal between the UK and the United States, which… Daniel Green 8th May, 2025, 4:50 pm
News Labour MPs slam disabled benefit cuts as ‘impossible to support’: Letter and list of rebels in full Dozens of Labour MPs have said that the government’s plans to cut disability benefit are “impossible to support”… Daniel Green 8th May, 2025, 3:00 pm
News MS warns of ‘simmering discontent’ with Westminster as Labour sees poll slump one year out from Senedd election A Labour member of the Senedd has said there is a “growing sense” that the UK government is… Daniel Green 7th May, 2025, 6:00 am
News ‘Barking was like the Red Wall’: Margaret Hodge on the lessons for fighting Reform from beating the BNP 15 years ago today On an otherwise disappointing night 15 years ago, Labour activists celebrated in east London as the British National… Daniel Green 7th May, 2025, 5:00 am
Comment ‘More welfare cuts would show we’re not listening to what voters are telling us’ As last week’s results showed, the consequences of the government’s plans to cut benefits for disabled people are… Steve Witherden 6th May, 2025, 2:59 pm
Comment ‘Labour must expose the gap between Reform’s local ambition and ability’ So the results are in, and we now have 677 new Reform councillors, and ten new Reform administrations… Eden Kulig 6th May, 2025, 6:00 am
Comment Local elections: ‘We should have performed far better than we did’ As ballots continue to be counted from May’s local elections, there will be a countless number of thinkpieces… Minesh Parekh 5th May, 2025, 6:00 am
Comment ‘These lesser-noticed local election results show aid cuts are backfiring’ The Chancellor’s decision to accelerate the aid cuts is not just a blow to Britain’s international role on… Heather Staff & Libby Smith 3rd May, 2025, 6:45 pm
Comment ‘We’ll never out-Farage Farage on migration – and it’d be wrong to try’ Since Labour rode to victory at the last general election, with broad but shallow support, on the back… Nadia Whittome 3rd May, 2025, 12:57 pm