Local elections: Long shadow of Gaza looms over key Lancashire battleground
Local election campaigns are often fought on local issues like bins and potholes, which councils have the power…
Israel
New MP chairs of Labour Palestine group: ‘Let’s recognise Palestine now’
While we are both delighted to take on the roles of co-chairs of Labour Friends of Palestine and…
‘Detaining MPs shows Israel is no ally to Britain. Labour must change tack’
Israel could not have made it any clearer over the past month: it is no ally to the…
‘Trump’s set out a nightmare vision for Gaza – the UK must offer an alternative’
I am not sure even the sharpest of political observers would have predicted Trump Mark II putting in…
‘Trump has already emboldened Israel’s far-right. Labour must act’
You always think things cannot get any worse for the Palestinians. But every year they do. It is…
Israel-Gaza war: ‘The four steps Labour can take to push for a lasting peace’
As the tragic conflict in Israel and Palestine enters its thirteenth month, the Labour government is rightly focused…
Starmer ‘deeply concerned’ Middle East is ‘on the brink’ following Iranian missile attack
Keir Starmer has said he is “deeply concerned” the Middle East is “on the brink” after Iran launched…
Defence Secretary Healey to chair Cobra meeting on Israel-Lebanon fighting
Defence Secretary John Healey has left the Labour Conference early in order to chair an emergency meeting on…
‘The Chicago DNC shows how centre-left politics can be fun, diverse and dynamic’
“The party is for everyone,” Levar Stoney, mayor of Richmond, Virginia, said on day two of the Democratic…
Government ends suspension of funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
David Lammy has announced that the government is overturning the suspension of funding to the United Nations’ agency…
