Commons passes Labour motion demanding Covid economic support
The House of Commons has passed a motion – by 272 votes in favour to none against, as…
Bill Esterson
My message to leadership candidates? We did not get it all wrong
The majority of party members are supportive of the policies in our manifesto, whether they voted for Jeremy…
Johnson’s language is outrageous – but let’s not be side-tracked
Parliament, on a night that will live in infamy, became a bear pit on Wednesday. It was at…
Bill Esterson: Labour is the true party of small business
Labour is the true party of small business. It’s been clear for the last eight years that the…
Corbyn: The big businesses who are hoarding cash that doesn’t belong to them
This is the full speech delivered by Jeremy Corbyn to the Federation of Small Businesses today. I want…
PMQs verdict: A precursor to the main event – the triggering of article 50
“Sitting on the front bench, smirking at the British public.” That was Tulip Siddiq’s description of Boris Johnson,…
Labour must make the case that small businesses are the engines of social justice
To many of us, it surely seems right now that the world is changing in unexpected, and sometimes…
Diane Abbott: Labour must not try to beat UKIP on “hostility” to immigration
Senior Labour figures have stepped up their argument against taking a tougher line on immigration and argued that…
Bill Esterson: Trump’s worldview is incoherent and implausible but it shows us why the centre-left also needs a vision
Democrats in the US and Labour in Britain have to recognise that we lack vision. The centre-left has…
Corbyn confirms whips office shake-up as frontbench appointments continue
Jeremy Corbyn today appointed Steve Reed and Andy Slaughter to frontbench jobs as well as confirming the line-up…
