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In February, against a backdrop of significant global and domestic challenges which have rightly captured political attention and energy, the Labour Party took the time to begin meaningful outreach to India and the Indian diaspora. Early in…
Labour leader Keir Starmer's confirmation that the party's £28 billion green spending target is being "stood down" prompted a wave of criticism on Thursday. LabourList asked readers of our daily email briefing a simple question shortly…
At last month’s Global Investment Summit, held in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace, Rishi Sunak, sat alongside the CEO of Blackstone Stephen Schwarzman, said: "I don’t think subsidy races are sensible. I’m a free market person, I believe…
Cabinet reshuffles are delicate operations. Too much continuity defeats the purpose, but too drastic a change can signal desperation. The Prime Minister tried to strike a winning balance last month by appointing David Cameron as Foreign…
With the Tories doubling down on anti-green attacks, Ed Miliband gave Labour's 'green jobs and lower bills' messaging an interesting twist in a speech at a Centre for Progressive Policy event I tagged along to yesterday. He said 80% of…
Keir Starmer is in Scotland today on an energy policy push – surely hoping to move the conversation on from the tumultuous few days he has faced in Westminster and put the mass rebellion and multiple frontbench resignations behind him. The…
Jon Cruddas argued that the new authoritarian tendency in the leadership threatens the Liberal tradition within Labour. The authoritarianism is real, but Labour never had a pro Liberal tradition. Blair’s inclination for a Lib-Lab turn from…
Whether it’s our crumbling schools, record hospital waitings lists or even our weakening economy, there’s a growing feeling in this country that things just aren’t working anymore; this country is crying out for change. So it’s of no…
Good morning. The Times reported yesterday that Ed Miliband recently gave a presentation to the Shadow Cabinet on green energy policy to which the Shadow Net Zero Secretary's boss responded: "I hate tree huggers". The Labour leader…
Watching Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, Ed Miliband and Anas Sarwar outline Labour’s vision for energy and the climate last week, I couldn’t help but feel genuinely excited about the green prosperity plan. Now, admittedly, this is partly…
The big news that year had been that Oasis might get back together for Glastonbury. In the end, whether they would have or not, Covid meant the festival was cancelled. But, for me, the big headliner of 2021 was not who might have been…
Keir Starmer set out how Labour would seek to make Britain a "clean energy superpower" in a speech in Leith, Scotland, today. New announcements included plans to headquarter a new Great British Energy company in Scotland, planning reform to…
