Labour split over North Sea oil and gas drilling as fuel costs rise
Labour MPs are split over the future of North Sea oil and gas exploitation amid rising fuel costs…
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Key provisions in Employment Rights Act and scrapping of two-child benefit cap come into force
A series of flagship Labour measures have come into force today. Probably the most prominent is the scrapping…
‘Give us more time to do more’: Hackney Labour’s campaign to retain control of local council
Hackney – East London’s so-called ‘hipster hub’, home to a diverse culture and vibrant feeling. Birthplace of Idris…
‘On Europe, can Labour learn to (Swiss) roll with it?’
Ten years on, it is easy to forget doing Brexit this way was a choice. Boris Johnson’s deal…
‘The politics of the Gambling Levy money’
The statutory levy marks a long-overdue shift in how gambling harm services are funded in Great Britain, through…
‘From referee to coach – Labour needs a new theory of what it’s for’
I knocked on doors in Gosport in November 2024. The winter fuel payment decision was fresh and the…
Ben Cooper column: ‘Labour must intervene to tackle the causes of the cost of living crisis’
For more than half a decade, Britain has been stuck in a cost-of-living crisis. Life’s essentials have become…
‘It is time for the Lords Spiritual to leave the House of Lords’
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill fulfils a manifesto promise of constitutional reform and modernisation. Yet the…
‘MattGPT and Me’
As some of you may have seen, it has not been a good week for ReformUK’s failed Gorton…
Fight for London begins as Labour launch local election campaigns across England
Campaigning is officially underway for Labour across England, following Keir Starmer’s local election launch speech in Wolverhampton. Starmer…
