Comment Yvette Cooper, a Labour team player and talented scourge of the Tories, showed us how it should be done Chatting in the pub with some Labour activists, one of them raised the hypothetical question of what would… Dan McCurry 20th April, 2017, 9:30 am
News Jim Dowd becomes eighth Labour MP to call time on Commons career The number of Labour MPs standing down at the election reached eight last night as Jim Dowd signalled… Peter Edwards 20th April, 2017, 8:39 am
News Corbyn: Let’s win this election – and then take on the establishment A Labour government will rip up the rules of the establishment, Jeremy Corbyn will say today. The leader… Emma Bean 20th April, 2017, 12:01 am
News Brexit campaign chief Gisela Stuart to step down from Midlands seat Gisela Stuart sparked the latest Labour selection battle today when she announced she would step down from the… Peter Edwards 19th April, 2017, 9:18 pm
News Labour MPs told to decide on their future by Thursday night as party confirms it will impose candidates for snap election Labour MPs have been told to declare by Thursday evening if they want to stand in the general… Peter Edwards 19th April, 2017, 5:05 pm
Comment Andrew Gwynne: Tories have run this country into the ground – now we must put power back in the hands of the people The Tories have used their seven years in power to run Britain into the ground. In their first… Andrew Gwynne 19th April, 2017, 4:30 pm
Comment Neal Lawson: Progressive alliance could help Labour take 30 Tory seats The choice is now crystal clear and dangerously imminent: Labour nationally, but especially locally, either works for a… Neal Lawson 19th April, 2017, 9:24 am
News McDonnell: Polls will narrow – and this election is not just about Brexit Labour can pull off a surprise general election victory, John McDonnell insisted today, as he set out how the rich… Emma Bean 19th April, 2017, 9:16 am
Comment Excited, resigned or simply stunned – what Election 17 means for Labour’s tribes After two years of intense debate about the direction of the Labour – and the policies of Jeremy… Peter Edwards 18th April, 2017, 5:15 pm
News Pollsters get it wrong – and Labour is fighting to win, vows defiant Diane Abbott Labour’s weak poll rating can be overturned, Diane Abbott said today, as she accused Theresa May of a “massive… Emma Bean 18th April, 2017, 3:52 pm