Dan Jarvis: Smearing benefit claimants as “scroungers” harms fight against poverty
January is not just a time for sober reflection; it is also a time for clarity and determination,…
Child Poverty
Tory universal credit plans could spell disaster for free school meals
Poverty is not an inevitability of our society. It comes about because of poor action by Government and…
Scottish Labour urges the SNP to work with them to stop growing child poverty
There must be an increase in child benefit to stop the sky rocketing levels of child poverty, Kezia…
Class divide has not gone away – Labour must use education to lift all children
It is becoming blatantly clear that social class and not gender or race determine how well a child…
Bean over Britain: Workaholic Ian Murray can keep out the nationalists and pave the way for Scottish Labour recovery
There are some parts of the country where people do not get tactical voting, or the issue of…
Andrew Gwynne: For the many, not the few – 20 years on from the 1997 election
The 20 year anniversary of the 1997 general election is as good a time as any to reflect…
Jim McMahon: A Budget for no-one that ignores the crisis raging outside London
Philip Hammond yesterday unveiled his first Budget since becoming chancellor. The Budget is an annual occurrence – and…
Kezia Dugdale: “The Labour party I lead will never support independence”
Scotland still “bears the scars” of the last independence referendum and Scottish Labour will resist all attempts to…
Dugdale: Scottish Labour will oppose a divisive second independence referendum
This is the full text of Kezia Dugdale’s keynote speech to Scottish Labour conference Chair, conference, friends, Thank…
Dan Jarvis: Poverty destroys childhoods – it is our mission to defeat it
Poverty is woven into the history of the Labour Party. Its eradication has long been central to our…
