Letters to the Editor – week ending 19th October 2025
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Labour Party
Labour MPs call for Chancellor to hike taxes for greater spending – poll
A majority of Labour MPs think the Chancellor should raise taxes at the Budget to allow for additional…
‘Why the Fair Funding Review can deliver transformational change’
Local authorities are the heartbeat of our communities and form the basis for most people’s everyday interactions with…
‘Forty years on, women in Labour are still being told to wait their turn’
I read the article by Jessica Smith and found myself thinking about 1988. I learned a lot about…
‘Why Labour’s new Defence Industrial Strategy can be a vote winner’
Last month, with barely a whisper of media coverage, the government unveiled what could turn out to be…
‘Is factionalism for losers or is pluralism for wimps?’
I have seen no greater pleasure etched on a man’s face than the one on a staffer who…
Caerphilly by-election becomes test of Labour’s resilience amid Reform threat
Since the end of the First World War, Caerphilly has never backed anyone but Labour at a general…
‘Cooler Britannia: How Labour can harness Britain’s cultural revival’
Britain is currently undergoing a pop culture renaissance, echoing that of Cool Britannia under the New Labour era.…
Labour on course for distant third place in Caerphilly by-election, poll shows
Labour is facing a crushing defeat in the upcoming Caerphilly by-election, with a new poll showing the party…
‘Lucy Powell is right. We must change course before May’
As a Labour councillor in Sheffield, up for re-election next year and defending a marginal seat I flipped…
