News Shadow banking system could prompt new financial crisis, warns McDonnell advisor One of John McDonnell’s key economic advisors has warned of the looming risks in the financial system… Peter Edwards 14th June, 2016, 9:22 am
News Shadow cabinet rankings: Eagle soars to top of the tree Angela Eagle has overtaken John McDonnell in LabourList’s shadow cabinet rankings following another impressive performance at Prime Minister’s Questions.… Sarah Pine 13th June, 2016, 3:51 pm
News McDonnell demands Sir Philip Green be stripped of knighthood if he defies MPs John McDonnell has intensified the pressure on Sir Philip Green by demanding the former BHS owner be stripped… Peter Edwards 12th June, 2016, 9:16 am
Comment There is a case for higher taxes but it must never come from the politics of envy, a Consensus activist writes Making a winning argument on tax is essential to Labour’s renewal and electability in 2020. It will require… Rayhan Haque 9th June, 2016, 5:18 pm
Comment Union bosses EU plea’ highlights the threat to workers from a Tory Brexit Who would you trust more – a politician or the person appointed to speak up on your behalf… Peter Edwards 7th June, 2016, 4:00 pm
News McDonnell considers universal basic income as Compass swings behind the flat-rate payment John McDonnell has paved the way for Labour to adopt the Green Party policy of providing a flat… Peter Edwards 7th June, 2016, 9:29 am
Comment Labour’s successes in local government set the agenda for Westminster ‘Labour is not only a party of protest, It is a party of government’. John McDonnell wasn’t being sentimental… Nick Forbes 4th June, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment Sadiq Khan has stuck his neck on the line – but he hasn’t “discredited” Labour One evening at Labour Conference 2009, those of us attending from my constituency party met for a meal in a… Conor Pope 31st May, 2016, 5:10 pm
News From the left wing? Momentum and McDonnell launch football initiative before Euro 2016 A new chapter is being written in the long history of sport and left-wing politics with the launch of… Peter Edwards 26th May, 2016, 4:17 pm
News PCS’ praise for Corbyn as it considers Labour affiliation Trade union PCS has moved one step closer to affiliating with Labour as John McDonnell called on its… Peter Edwards 26th May, 2016, 9:39 am