Live blog Rachel Reeves scraps onshore wind ban and unveils housebuilding drive Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced sweeping measures to boost economic growth including bringing back housebuilding targets in her first… James Moules 8th July, 2024, 9:41 am
News Deja vu: The 12 former Labour MPs returning to Parliament once more The 2024 election has brought a huge new Labour intake: the party gained an extra 209 seats on… Ben Duncan-Duggal 8th July, 2024, 7:00 am
News Keir Starmer pushes Israel for ceasefire after party sheds Muslim votes Keir Starmer has pushed with Israel’s Prime Minister for a ceasefire in Gaza in one of his first… James Moules 7th July, 2024, 7:14 pm
Comment ‘Managing the campaign come down: Labour still needs you, activists and staff’ I lost my job when we went into government in 1997. I’d spent two years working as a… Emily Wallace 7th July, 2024, 7:00 pm
Comment ‘The left can’t sit this out. We must stop austerity, purges and pandering to right’ After 14 years of austerity and privatisation, the Tories are out. We now have a Labour Government that… Sasha Das Gupta & Kate Dove 7th July, 2024, 3:00 pm
News Burnham says ‘break with austerity’ and Graham says we can’t ‘wait for growth’ Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has called for a “decisive break with austerity” and an early government commitment… Ben Duncan-Duggal & Tom Belger 7th July, 2024, 9:50 am
News Jonathan Reynolds: Labour not ‘harking back to any era’ as Alexander and Smith return and Blair speaks out The Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said Labour is not “harking back to any era”, after… Tom Belger 7th July, 2024, 9:18 am
News ‘Attlee won in ’45 but lost in ’51. His time in office carries a warning for Starmer’ Whatever happens next, Labour’s 2024 election victory will go down in history along with its small handful of… Steven Fielding 7th July, 2024, 9:00 am
News Tony Blair calls for Keir Starmer to be tough on immigration, crime and ‘wokeism’ Tony Blair has called for “a plan” for immigration control, tougher action on crime and for the new… Ben Duncan-Duggal 7th July, 2024, 8:56 am
News Ellie Reeves is new party chair as Dodds takes Nandy’s development brief Ellie Reeves has been appointed the new chair of the Labour party and a Cabinet Office miinster, while… Tom Belger 6th July, 2024, 11:37 pm