Why won’t the government ensure the UK never turns a blind eye to genocide?
It is trite, but true, that the vast majority of politicians from across the spectrum go into politics…
Iain Duncan-Smith
Faiza Shaheen selected to fight Iain Duncan Smith’s seat
Faiza Shaheen has been selected as Labour’s candidate for the key marginal seat of Chingford and Woodford Green,…
Labour’s Brexit rebels, Lewisham East and Grenfell remembered
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Last night 89 Labour MPs voted in…
The cruelty of universal credit represents how the Tories betrayed the north
The Tory government has failed the north of England on transport links, policing, health, industrial innovation and the…
Stephen Timms: The cruelty of universal credit drove one woman almost to suicide
The universal credit roll-out was supposed to finish last month. A green paper published by the Department for…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn emerges with credit as May plods on in work but not in power
Theresa May cannot get away from universal credit – and Jeremy Corbyn cannot get to it quickly enough.…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn confident as Tory cruelty exposed by universal credit chaos
Ahem. This was a punchy PMQs in which Jeremy Corbyn sought to press home his advantage in the…
Tom Watson: How Manchester showed the love last night – and why May must now rewrite her manifesto to protect police
I took my kids to the One Love concert in Manchester last night. A lot of mum and…
Margaret Greenwood: The Tories’ budget failed to help families and make work pay
The farce of the government’s u-turn on the national insurance hike for the self-employed has grabbed the headlines,…
McDonnell: Government in “disarray” with “partial U-turn” after Budget
Labour has claimed a victory against the chancellor’s plans to increase national insurance contributions for the self-employed, with…
