Ian Lavery: Forget the smears – this union spent years helping miners and their communities
Eighteen months ago, a series of allegations were made against me and the Northumberland Area of the union…
Ian Lavery
Blair “saved Corbyn” from de-selection
A former chief whip has entered the debate over de-selections by revealing that Tony Blair stepped in to…
Rayner and Starmer condemn deselections
Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer have condemned any move to initiate deselections after backbench colleague Luciana Berger’s local…
Members must be given power to kick out MPs, says Corbynista shadow minister
A leading ally of Jeremy Corbyn has fuelled the debate on ditching sitting Labour MPs by warning that…
Corbyn ally backs mandatory re-selection for MPs who rebel against Corbyn
Another key ally of Jeremy Corbyn has sparked controversy by backing mandatory re-selections for sitting MPs. Chris Williamson,…
Will they, won’t they: that vexed question of deselection raises its ugly head again
Senior allies of Jeremy Corbyn are debating whether to give Labour members a greater say in picking candidates…
Ian Lavery: From Grenfell Tower to Brexit, the PM has shown she is not up to the job
Theresa May is finished. After her chaotic and incompetent snap election campaign ended in a disastrous result for…
Reshuffle: Owen Smith moved to Northern Irish brief as Corbyn sticks with his team
Owen Smith is the only previous anti-Corbyn voice returned to Labour’s frontbench in a small cabinet reshuffle. Smith,…
Ian Lavery: A manifesto for the many not the few
For weeks we’ve told journalists “you’ll just have to wait until the manifesto.” You’ve probably heard it as…
Corbyn skips poster launch as McDonnell defends Labour’s leaked manifesto
Jeremy Corbyn pulled out of Labour’s poster launch this morning as John McDonnell defended the contents of their “transformational”…
