Burnham: I will take metro mayor pay cut to fund scheme to tackle homelessness
Andy Burnham has pledged to give away at least 15 per cent of the metro mayor’s salary to…
Austerity
Metro Mayor candidate: Tory austerity is eating away at public services
This is the text of the speech Sue Jeffrey gave when she won selection to be Labour’s Tees…
Chi Onwurah: Your chance to shape an industrial strategy that will reflect the values of the Labour movement
When the new, if unelected, prime minster Theresa May stood outside Downing Street in July and announced her…
Tory trickery on funding will not tackle the social care crisis, writes a Labour mayor
It may have been wrapped up as an early Christmas present for councils, but the £240m fund…
Corbyn could quit before 2020 if polls do not improve, Unite boss says
Jeremy Corbyn could step down as Labour leader before the 2020 general election if the party’s opinion polls…
SNP austerity will hit the vulnerable – but Sturgeon won’t ask the rich to pay more, Scottish Labour’s deputy leader writes
For many people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, their first real encounter with Nicola Sturgeon was during…
Kezia: SNP no better than the Tories after top rate betrayal
The leader of Scottish Labour spoke out in anger after nationalists joined forces with the Tories to block…
Sarah Champion: Women deserve better than this Tory evasiveness over equalities
This is the speech delivered by Sarah Champion, shadow secretary of state for women and equalities, in an…
McDonnell sets out New Economics conferences to “transform” Brexit debate
John McDonnell has today revealed details of a series of new year economic conferences designed to deliver policies…
The SNP’s cuts are tearing at the fabric of our public services, writes Scottish Labour’s deputy leader
As politicians we often find ourselves talking about the latest international crisis, or the minutiae of a policy…
