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Should Labour side with right-wing Tories against a rise in corporation tax in the upcoming Budget? Lisa Nandy doubled down on the position in a BBC interview yesterday, saying “there will be a time for raising taxes, doing it fairly and…
Labour will describe its commitment to NATO as "unshakeable" and its support for the UK's nuclear deterrent as "non-negotiable" while setting out its core principles on defence and security in a speech on Friday. Addressing the Royal United…
More than ever before, Britain needs to redefine its relationship with the rest of the world. Today, across the globe, competition between nations is again on the rise; conflict is ever-present in many parts of the world; the threats to our…
The Labour Party has a historic track record of working to support our armed forces. From Clement Attlee, serving as a Major in the first world war and in Winston Churchill’s war cabinet during the second, or under the last Labour…
Keir Starmer has welcomed the increased spending on defence unveiled by Boris Johnson this morning but criticised the announced funding as a "spending announcement without a strategy". The Prime Minister announced a four-year £16.5bn surge…
Despite the ongoing challenges of a global pandemic, this week the Labour Party has remembered those who faced an even greater threat. Keir Starmer represented our party at the cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday and, across the country, Labour…
This year’s Remembrance Sunday ceremonies were not conducted in the way we all would have wished. Whilst there were many different ways to be involved, we were not all able to come together as we have in the past to honour those that have…
Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey set out his approach to the policy brief and plan to win back the trust of the armed forces in an exclusive interview with LabourList broadcast live on Tuesday evening. The online event saw the…
Join us at 6pm on Tuesday, November 10th, for our latest “In conversation with…” online event featuring LabourList editor Sienna Rodgers and Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Defence John Healey. If readers have suggestions for…
Labour has voted against the controversial overseas operations bill as MPs in the Commons passed the legislation by a majority of 85, with 345 voting in favour of the bill and 260 against. Addressing MPs during the debate this evening…
The Conservatives’ record on keeping people safe is woeful. On their watch, violent crime has increased by 150%, crimes are going unpunished, 21,000 officers have been cut from our streets and the police are struggling to deal with the…
This week I have withdrawn my amendments from the committee stage of the overseas operations bill, the government-proposed legislation that puts time limits on the criminal responsibility of British service persons. At the start of this…
