After Budget blunder and clashes with Chancellor, what is next for the OBR?
This is an adapted version of my analysis from the LabourList email this morning. To receive our email…
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‘Mahmood offers voters what they want – order, fairness and competence’
For much of Britain’s commentariat, the immigration issue has become a litmus test for virtue, not a subject…
Senedd elections 2026: Who are Welsh Labour’s candidates?
Selection for Labour’s candidates for next year’s Senedd elections is well underway, with dozens chosen so far across…
‘Your Party is a joke – but that doesn’t mean Labour can afford to laugh off all its lessons’
Could Your Party—now officially and, frankly, unfortunately named—have had a less auspicious start? From the botched summer launch…
‘Labour’s new environmental plan can bring a reset in how it talks about nature’
The government’s new Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), published yesterday, marks a step-change in environmental ambition in this country…
‘Unlocking children’s potential starts with valuing the people who work to make it happen’
Labour wants to build on the legacy of Sure Start with an early education and childcare system for…
‘We must protect people, planet and pensions’
I’m proud to be part of a Labour government that is committed to fixing the UK’s pensions system.…
‘The UK must invest well to invest for good’
The investment system is a public good. Its social duty is to channel money that ordinary UK citizens…
Members oppose government’s asylum clampdown – but back specific measures
Almost two-thirds of Labour members are opposed to the government’s plans to make Britain’s asylum policy stricter, exclusive…
‘A Labour budget for Labour voters’
The Chancellor was given an impossible task this month. Delivering a difficult Budget as one of the least…
