Whip restored to Apsana Begum and John McDonnell
Last of the Labour two child benefit cap rebels have the whip restored on the eve of Labour Party Conference.
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Iain Coleman obituary: ‘Labour could do with a few more Iain Colemans right now’
Tributes have poured in for former Labour MP Iain Coleman, who represented Hammersmith and Fulham between 1997 and 2005. Born on 18 January 1958, Coleman would go on to become a stauch voice for economic justice throughout his time in…
Four suspended MPs get the Labour whip back – will the other three ever return?
Labour has restored the whip to Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain, and Rebecca Long-Bailey.
Two-child cap: Seven Labour MPs lose whip following backbench rebellion
Labour MPs have voted for an SNP amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap in the first major backbench rebellion against Starmer's government.
MPs to vote on amendment to King’s Speech calling for two-child cap be axed
MPs will vote on an amendment to the King's Speech calling for the two-child benefit cap to be scrapped – setting up a potential rebellion on the Labour benches, with John McDonnell having already confirmed he plans to back the amendment in…
The Searchers by Andy Beckett: ‘A vivid profile of left MPs, down but not out’
Andy Beckett’s new book is, he writes in the introduction, “the story of a group of political explorers and of a series of interlocking political journeys which are rarely considered as a whole”. The explorers in question are Diane Abbott…
Conference morning roundup: Rule change passes ahead of Reeves’ speech
Good morning. It's the 2nd full day of Labour Party conference here in Liverpool, and the proceedings will be focused around growth and the economy. The big event of the day will be Rachel Reeves' speech. The Shadow Chancellor is expected…
Labour conference: McDonnell says Labour “planning to fail” with its economic policies
John McDonnell has accused the Labour Party of heading into power "almost destined and planning to fail" because of its refusal to commit to a greater variety of strategies to fund public spending. The former Shadow Chancellor argued that…
‘Blair talks tax, tech and junk food – but is he barking up the wrong tree?’
Bringing Congress and conference to you LabourList is free to read, but on-the-ground reporting on the party and labour movement costs a lot of money. This week, my colleague Morgan Jones has been at TUC Congress – breaking news of union…
Scrap two-child limit and other policies ‘deepening’ poverty, group urges Labour
A campaign group has been launched to urge the Labour leadership to commit to repealing the two-child limit on benefits immediately on entering government after Keir Starmer was widely criticised for saying the party plans to retain the…
McDonnell: Left must mobilise to ‘save next Labour government from itself’
John McDonnell has argued that the left of the Labour Party needs to mobilise to "save" an incoming Labour government "from itself", claiming that compassion was "in limited supply" at a meeting of the party's policymaking body over the…
Left-wing MP: Rules for selection race against frontbencher “undemocratic”
A Labour MP on the left of the party has accused Welsh Labour's executive of "undemocratic" behaviour in her selection battle against a member of Labour's frontbench team. Cynon Valley MP Beth Winter claimed they had "restricted the rights…