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As Westminster continues to be hit by sleaze allegations, and Labour ponders what rules it should bring in if it wins the election, it could do worse than look at what the European parliament has done after the recent 'Qatargate' scandal…
Generally speaking, when bank regulations hit the headlines it usually means that something has gone catastrophically wrong. So what should we make of the news that the cap on bankers’ bonuses will be repealed? To be honest, not very much…
Thirteen weeks ago, another set of by-elections gave a mixed bag of results that some commentators seized on as evidence that the Tories still had a significant chance of winning the next election. The narrow win in Uxbridge and South…
The former Labour leader Neil Kinnock is urging Labour party delegates to back a motion committing the party to restoring closer ties with the European Union, LabourList can reveal. Kinnock, who led the party in the 1980s and early 1990s…
In Truss, we do not trust Merry mini-Budget eve to all who celebrate! It will be a year tomorrow since Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s disastrous fiscal statement that “crashed the economy” as Labour likes to put it. And with the short-lived…
Birmingham Blues Good morning. Birmingham council's bankruptcy is back in the headlines, with the government (specifically, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove) expected to name commissioners today to handle the city's finances. To plug the…
Putting it lightly, Brexit has been a difficult topic for the Labour Party. Reclaiming the trust of Leave voters in the North and Midlands, satisfying a heavily Remain-voting base and attempting to outline a programme of reform to the…
Return of Keir the Remainer? Good morning. If things feel a little colder and more distant today, it's because our beloved leader, Keir Starmer, is far from us all. He's in Canada, having met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
Labour's small boats gamble "Labour means unlimited and uncontrolled immigration", says Tory chair Greg Hands. "Labour edging back towards the EU as it attempts to 'fix Brexit'", a Telegraph story reads. "He's opening the door to…
Keir Starmer has hit the headlines today setting out Labour's plans to respond to the small boats crisis, with an interview in the Times, an opinion piece for the Sun and a morning broadcast round. The attention the Labour leader has…
With David Lammy stating recently that “reconnecting” with the European Union would be Labour’s “number one” foreign policy priority, it’s becoming increasingly clear that a future Labour government will seek to build a closer relationship…
Good morning, and a very happy Brexit day to you. Today marks seven years since the UK voted to leave the EU, and what a peaceful time in politics and the wider world that turned out to be. Labour's Seema Malhotra told Sky News this morning…
