‘A troubled history: Leaders and their manifestos, from MacDonald to Wilson’
“Labour policy is directed to the creation of a humane and civilised society.” So announced Labour’s Appeal to…
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Starmer ‘prepared to make enemies’ over planning to grow the economy
Keir Starmer has suggested he is willing to “make enemies” over planning to ensure critical infrastructure gets built…
‘Victory will be short-lived unless Labour fixes broken services with proper funding and public ownership’
The country is broken. NHS waiting lists spiralling out of control. Energy bills rising so fast they’ve sparked…
Socialist Health Association warns Labour under-funding risks NHS ‘decline’
Labour’s caution on tax hikes and borrowing “condemns the NHS to continued fragmentation and decline,”, the party’s affiliated…
Labour manifesto and Palestine: What is now party policy?
Labour has committed to recognising a Palestinian state “as a contribution to a renewed peace process which results…
‘Labour manifesto shows a new centrism – with the state key to driving growth’
If Labour’s manifesto for the 2024 General Election reads more like a strategic plan for Britain than a…
‘Labour’s manifesto is more ambitious than the Ming vase strategy suggests’
For all the talk of Labour’s safety-first approach and Keir Starmer’s ‘Ming vase’ strategy, the 2024 manifesto launched…
‘The manifesto’s not perfect, but at the launch you could feel change is coming’
I watched the 2019 manifesto launch on a livestream in a cluttered campaign office with now-NEC member Abdi…
‘The Labour manifesto’s health policies demonstrate little-noticed radicalism’
Labour launched a manifesto today in front of a single word: change. It’s a powerful message to a…
Labour manifesto: ‘What GB Energy will do and why we desperately need it’
At the centre of Labour’s manifesto today was a commitment to create GB Energy: a new publicly owned…
