Pro-EU Labour left “increasingly confident” of conference say on ‘people’s vote’
Pro-EU Labour campaigners are “increasingly confident” that conference delegates will get a vote on whether the party should…
Labour
McDonnell: “Have bankers learnt nothing from the crash?”
John McDonnell has launched a scathing attack on bankers as new evidence shows lenders are lowering standards for…
Rory Palmer: People in food poverty can’t afford a no deal Brexit
Holiday hunger is a national disgrace. It shames our country that kids cannot get a decent meal. This…
The government’s no deal plans show Corbyn must change tack on Brexit
Until recently I have been sceptical about appeals to the Labour leadership to call for a second referendum.…
A publicly owned Facebook? Interesting idea, but fraught with difficulty
Is it time to nationalise Facebook? Recently, social media platforms have transformed from a space to socialise, share…
Melanie Onn: The Tories aren’t interested in helping private renters
It is anticipated that there will be five million people in the private rented sector by 2022, a…
Labour under pressure to back electoral reform
The Labour Party is under increasing pressure to back a system of proportional representation (PR), according to electoral…
It isn’t Labour the splitters would be leaving – it’s politics itself
This week’s New Statesman cover, ‘Will Labour split?’, is currently making waves, as Stephen Bush predicts a split of…
Corbyn: Tax the tech giants to support public interest journalism
Jeremy Corbyn has backed radical reform of the BBC as he set out his vision for a “free…
Labour’s NHS plans are not future proof
The year is 2024. A decade ago, you presented at London’s Royal Free Hospital A&E with a broken…
