A year in power: The cabinet on their proudest wins and favourite moments
Five Labour cabinet members share their highlights, exclusively with LabourList.
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Gloria De Piero on Lou Haigh: ‘This feisty reformer can teach us all something’
The Rail Public Ownership Bill received royal assent on Thursday. If that was my friend Louise Haigh’s only achievement, it would make her one of the most consequential transport secretaries of modern times. But in just four and a half…
New Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander: Who is the PM’s newest cabinet member?
Heidi Alexander has been appointed Transport Secretary, after the resignation of Louise Haigh over a decade-old conviction for wrongly telling police a work phone had been stolen.
Both Swindon seats turn red as Heidi Alexander returns to Commons
Labour's general election candidate Heidi Alexander has just been elected as the new MP for Swindon South.
WATCH: Rosena Allin-Khan describes lack of equipment for her NHS colleagues
Labour deputy leadership candidate and A&E doctor Rosena Allin-Khan has declared the lack of personal protective equipment "simply not acceptable" as she described the circumstances of her NHS colleagues working on the frontline. In an ITV…
Butler promises “workplace revolution” for women
Who will replace Tom Watson as Labour’s deputy leader? The decision to announce his resignation on the first day of the official general election campaign, and to make it effective on December 12th, means a half-hearted parallel campaign is…
Glenys Thornton: We will miss Tessa in the House of Lords
It is rare that the death of a politician elicits such an outpouring of sadness mixed with heartfelt tributes. I am not surprised that Tessa Jowell’s death has done so, trending as it is on social media with comments and condolences from…
Is the Lewisham East by-election a “stitch-up”?
Heidi Alexander has left parliament to take up a job in City Hall. The race for her safe Labour seat is now well underway - and moving fast. Labour's national executive committee (NEC) officers group, which has a solid left-wing majority…
Heidi Alexander appointed as Khan’s new deputy mayor for transport
Today Sadiq Khan announced the appointment of Heidi Alexander, Labour MP for Lewisham East, as his new deputy mayor for transport. Alexander will succeed Val Shawcross, who is retiring from the Greater London Authority after 18 years of…
Heidi Alexander: Brexit bill failure shows PM is being held hostage by fanatics
Imagine the scene. It’s spring 2016. The Vote Leave campaign is feverishly telling the electorate that a sovereign parliament is a mere distraction. The object of prime importance is that we leave the EU – and that also means leaving the…
PMQs verdict: Buoyant Corbyn leaves May to rehash failed old arguments
"This week workers at McDonald's took strike action for the first time in this country. The boss of McDonald's is reported to have earned £11.8m last year, while some of his staff are paid as little as £4.75 an hour. Does the PM back the…
Labour campaign for the single market launched by McGovern and Alexander
A new Brexit related campaign has launched in the run up to Labour conference. The Labour campaign for the single market kickstarted this evening, with a petition and a motion model for constituency parties. Heidi Alexander, Lewisham East…