“Spending announcement without a strategy”: Starmer on defence review
Keir Starmer has welcomed the increased spending on defence unveiled by the Prime Minister this morning but criticised…
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WATCH: In conversation with… John Healey MP
Join us at 6pm on Tuesday, November 10th, for our latest “In conversation with…” online event featuring LabourList…
Why I’m withdrawing my amendments to the overseas operations bill
This week I have withdrawn my amendments from the committee stage of the overseas operations bill, the government-proposed…
Labour says bill risks war crimes going “unpunished” – but abstains on vote
John Healey has declared that a government bill relating to British troops serving overseas “creates the risk that…
WATCH: Nia Griffith slams Aaron Bastani poppy comments
Nia Griffith today denounced Labour activist Aaron Bastani’s comments on the poppy appeal and called on him to retract…
Williamson’s woes show why Corbyn must not allow Tories to “weaponise” defence
The fact that Labour did very well in the last election needs no repeating. It is now on…
Kevan Jones: Fallon’s confusion over Navy boats shows Treasury takeover of MoD
After two years of delay the defence secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, yesterday finally announced the government’s national shipbuilding…
Tories’ defence con is as bad as Boris’ Brexit claims, writes Labour Navy veteran
Ahead of the general election I wrote in LabourList about how vital it was that we move the…
Trident is in the manifesto – now Corbyn faces a major test in how to explain it
There is little doubt that Jeremy Corbyn’s personal commitment to unilateral nuclear disarmament will be attacked over the…
Kezia Dugdale: The SNP’s case has fallen apart – leaving the UK would mean at least £15bn of cuts to Scotland’s public services
The dictionary definition of a generation is as follows: “The average period, generally considered to be about 30 years…
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