Angela Rayner & Jon Ashworth: This government is failing student nurses – today Labour will vote to protect them
Tonight in the House of Commons MPs will have a chance to vote to defend support for students…
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Gareth Thomas calls for a ‘People’s Vote’ on the terms of Brexit
Today Labour’s Gareth Thomas tabled a ten minute rule bill that, if passed, would enable a “People’s Vote”…
MPs to get a vote on single market after shock Lords defeat
Rebel Lords: can’t stop, won’t stop. Hours after Boris Johnson called the customs partnership proposal – Theresa May’s…
Abrahams sacked from shadow cabinet over bullying claims
Debbie Abrahams has been sacked from the shadow cabinet after an investigation into bullying claims. The former shadow…
Gareth Thomas: Why I’m calling for a People’s Vote on Brexit
It is now almost two years since, by the slimmest of margins, the United Kingdom voted to leave…
Lessons from the racist Tory campaign of 1964 in Smethwick
Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” speech is notorious, but four years earlier the West Midlands had seen the…
Should Labour be disappointed or pleased with the 2018 local election results?
That gloriously sunny bank holiday is over – but the fun doesn’t stop here. Writing for LabourList today, Owen Jones flies…
Owen Jones: Momentum campaigning was crucial to Labour’s local election gains
Momentum’s campaigning was absolutely critical to the gains Labour made in the local elections of 2018. ‘Unseat’ days…
Luke Akehurst: Can Labour win a general election based on the local election results?
A month ago I wrote up my annual set of benchmarks for the local council elections. With the…
Local Elections 2018: Power is never given to Labour – we must take it
Last year’s general election was a Labour victory over expectations, if not the Tories. Now we cannot even…
