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Today Labour's Shami Chakrabarti has called for a "full blown" judge-led investigation into British involvement in extraordinary rendition and torture. Human rights organisations including Liberty and Amnesty have also called on the…
Nuclear submarines are a touchy point for the Labour Party. This isn’t another article on Trident, you’ll be pleased to read. It is about something that should unite all parts of our party and our movement about nuclear submarines: the need…
Shipbuilding isn’t just part of our proud heritage - as a trade union, it could and should also provide a proud future for manufacturing across the UK. That’s why Labour’s announcement today is so welcome. Generations of families have made…
This is the full text of Jeremy Corbyn's speech in Govan, Glasgow today. The Labour leader is calling for Navy shipbuilding contracts to stay in the UK. In 1890 this brilliant building was constructed at the height of Glasgow's success as…
Today Jeremy Corbyn will use a speech in Glasgow to call for Navy shipbuilding contracts to stay in the UK. Celebrating the “proud tradition” of British shipyard workers who build “the best ships in the world”, Corbyn is set to attack the…
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Parliamentary recess ends today and Theresa May is set to make a full statement at 3.30pm in the Commons on her decision to take military action in Syria…
Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show today about the UK air strikes in Syria, Jeremy Corbyn called for new laws to ensure the government must seek parliamentary approval before taking planned military action. The Labour leader said: "I think…
Just 22 per cent of the public would support a cruise missile attacks against Syrian military targets, a new poll shows. 43 per cent of the British public oppose missile strikes on Syria, according to the latest YouGov research commissioned…
The fact that Labour did very well in the last election needs no repeating. It is now on the cusp of forming a government, most likely a minority government. However sometimes the last mile can be the hardest. How do you convince the public…
In opposition Labour has often found defence spending a difficult issue. This isn’t because of an ideological drive to cut the budget but a determination to avoid criticism of overblown spending promises. In his memoirs Gordon Brown recalls…
Today is Budget day. And, if reports are to be believed, then the Tories might be preparing to fail in the first priority of any government: the defence of the realm. Rumours that defence cuts could see us lose up to 1,000 Royal Marines…
This is the full statement published by Jeremy Corbyn after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a coalition of hundreds of NGOs based in Geneva. Congratulations to the International…
