Wes Streeting: This country needs good quality social housing, now
Growing up in a council flat, I thought I was unlucky. Born and bred in Stepney, in London’s…
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Lucy Powell: Common Market 2.0 can break the Brexit deadlock
Next week, barring Houdini-esque contortions from the DUP and Tory European Research Group hardliners, Theresa May’s Brexit deal…
Christian Wolmar: Why we should not abolish hospital car parking charges
The Christmas fuss about the £226m raised by hospital trusts through car parking charges led to renewed calls…
Christmas is over, but on Brexit nothing has changed
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Hello. MPs are back from Christmas…
Luke Akehurst: Latest council by-elections show Labour must do better
I’ve been reviewing Labour’s performance in local council by-elections on a regular basis for LabourList. To round off the year,…
Suspended MP Ivan Lewis quits the Labour Party
Ivan Lewis has quit the Labour Party, claiming that the disciplinary investigation into him was affected by an “unnecessary…
Lisa Nandy: My plans as the new chair of Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East
I visited Palestine as a new MP and I was struck by the threats facing the next generation,…
PMQs: Three key points made by Corbyn (not the “stupid woman” row)
Merry Christmas, but you’ve plunged the country into crisis. After paying tribute to the Lockerbie victims, Jeremy Corbyn…
Sajid Javid refuses to confirm Tory immigration target
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. “There is no specific target.” So…
Labour must recover its traditions, not back another referendum
The argument for a second referendum offers a tantalising promise of redemption from political chaos. But those in…
