McDonnell pledges benefits reforms as he attacks top Tory’s “fatuous economic talk”
John McDonnell has said Labour will “in effect” cancel the Tory freeze on benefits as he engaged in a…
Bedroom Tax
We are gaining ground on our rivals – now let’s expose the Lib Dems’ cowardice, metro mayor candidate writes
As voters prepare to go to the polls tomorrow, I want to ask: where have the politics been…
“The Lib Dems lied… the SNP want to break up the UK” – Labour First hit back at rumours of progressive alliance
This is the full statement published by Labour First today over reports that former Labour MPs are backing…
Cruel Tories trying to “punish” council house tenants says Labour as families win bedroom tax court ruling
A shadow Cabinet minister has accused the Tories of trying to “punish” low-paid council house residents after the…
Austerity has brought anguish and hardship – that is why I am fighting Richmond Park for Labour
Since I was selected on Saturday afternoon to fight the Richmond Park by-election for Labour, I have had…
Chuka Umunna: Don’t take the polls for granted – we must defeat every argument from the desperate Leave campaign
“Take Control” – that is the slogan of the faltering Vote Leave campaign. I say “faltering” because they…
It’s time for a cross-party campaign to end the Bedroom Tax
It seems quite an often occurrence to go to bed after seeing headlines about another family facing tragedy…
“I think there is an alternative to George Osborne’s austerity ideology.” – Yvette Cooper speaks to LabourList
“If you don’t have a credible alternative, it’s not a real alternative at all.” It is the morning…
Soft on welfare? The challenge of a popular welfare policy that works
We are being told that Labour lost votes through being seen as “too soft” on welfare. But we…
If Labour has the chance to form a government, we will have a constitutional duty to accept
We are getting near to the end of what, because the fixed-term Parliament has meant we have always…
