Alison McGovern: As borrowing balloons the blame for this mess lies with the Brexiteers who made up the facts
So here’s the very bad news. Our country looks set to be plunged into debt now totalling £2…
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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…
Alison McGovern: Post Offices could plug the gap of bank branch closures
When the financial crisis was at its zenith in 2008 the Labour government intervened in Britain’s banking sector…
Shadow cabinet minister backs Brown’s “centre-left” response to banking crisis
Shadow cabinet minister Jon Trickett today mounted a defence of the last Labour government’s actions during the depths…
Gordon Brown: Tories have resorted to “post-truth politics” in era of Brexit
Britain needs an “alternative voice” in the era of “post-truth politics”, Gordon Brown said today. The former prime…
Labour launches women’s training scheme in honour of brilliant MP Jo Cox
Labour has today launched a mentoring scheme to help women into senior political roles in honour of the late…
We need to take in more Syrian refugees amid the “greatest crime of the century” – Alison McGovern inspired by Jo Cox
Labour MP Alison McGovern has paid a moving tribute to Jo Cox during a House of Commons debate on…
Alison McGovern: It’s not just our country that has been built by migrants and their children: our Labour movement has too
Even if some of us have been disturbed by Theresa May and Amber Rudd’s horror show headlines this…
We shouldn’t dismiss manufacturing – but the real key to unlocking the North is devolution
Seven years ago, roughly, I was on the phone to my friend Jenny. My predecessor had announced his…
Alison McGovern: We may have a Brexit hangover but now is the time to listen to Labour’s local leaders
Politics and government are different activities and while the corridors of power are buzzing with the former, the…
