“Abdication of responsibility”: Labour slams scrapping of security minister post
Update, 6.25pm: Damian Hinds has been appointed as the new security minister. Labour has criticised the reported government…
Conor McGinn
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Between the Labour leadership election, coronavirus and Brexit, 2020 has been eventful to say the least. And along…
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The third reading of the covert human intelligence sources (criminal conduct) bill divided the Labour left in parliament…
Government imposes further Covid restrictions on local areas “by imposition, not consent”
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Voting down the CHIS bill would weaken national security and human rights
One of the many problems with losing general elections is that you don’t get the legislation or indeed…
Corbyn on austerity, the Creasy-McGinn amendment and McDonnell’s demands
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. It was an eventful day in…
MPs approve equal rights amendment to Northern Ireland bill
MPs have voted 207 to 117 in favour of an equal rights amendment that will require the government…
Clear the Lobby: The week ahead in Parliament
It’s another quiet week for new legislation as Conservative whips work to put together a majority for the…
Conor McGinn: The north’s rail network is stuck on dial-up in a broadband age
The last few weeks have shown how difficult and contentious it can be for governments to make decisions…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn sounds stronger on substance of spending cuts while May sinks under her own mistakes
Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t do prime minister’s questions very well, so some will tell you. Whatever you think of…
