Labour candidate in Mid Bedfordshire: Alistair Strathern wins selection race
Labour has selected Alistair Strathern as the party’s next candidate for Mid Bedfordshire ahead of an expected by-election,…
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‘Johnson’s dishonours list underlines why Labour must overhaul the Lords’
Robbie Burns famously said that when “ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord/who struts, an’ stares, an’ a’…
Briefing: Labour pounce on ‘liar’ Johnson, party NHS tensions, green jobs pledge
Good morning. Wes Streeting has again stressed the need for “serious reform and modernisation” of the NHS and talked up the…
Labour weighs up candidates as activists flock to by-election seats
Good morning. A trio of by-elections – in Mid Bedfordshire, Selby and Ainsty and Uxbridge and South Ruislip – are…
Johnson inquiry saga drags on while Starmer pledges a cleaner politics
It’s Whitsun recess this week, so parliament is not sitting and things are generally pretty quiet. The big…
Has an ‘unholy’ Tory-SNP deal hobbled Labour’s Scottish by-election hopes?
Keir Starmer will visit Margaret Ferrier’s constituency today as Labour continues its love-bombing offensive ahead of an expected by-election. Speaking ahead…
Good Friday Agreement: How Labour can build on its proud record today
The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) of 1998 was one of the great achievements of international diplomacy; a realisation…
Johnson’s testimony was shamelessly remorseless. But what else did we expect
Boris Johnson faced a three-and-a-half-hour grilling in front of the Commons privileges committee yesterday afternoon about whether he…
Johnson to plead innocence through ignorance before privileges committee
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will this afternoon appear in front of parliament’s privileges committee. The committee, chaired by…
Rayner: Privileges committee evidence “absolutely damning” for Johnson
Angela Rayner has declared that evidence presented by the privileges committee is “absolutely damning” for Boris Johnson after…
