PMQs verdict: Corbyn fired up by social justice but let down by scattergun style
More Tory injustices, yes. More words? Not necessarily. That was the problem for Jeremy Corbyn today as he…
Labour
Scottish Labour’s interim leader resigns following claims over private life
Scottish Labour faced fresh turmoil today when its interim leader quit just three days before a permanent replacement…
Corbyn demands free education “from cradle to the grave” ahead of students’ protest
Jeremy Corbyn today swings behind a mass march to abolish tuition fees as he demands free education “from…
Shake up fees and promote more women to halt falling membership, unions told
Trade unions must embark on wide-ranging reforms including considering plans to sell services for a fee if they…
It’s not just the left Chuka: the whole world is waking up to the universal basic income
Yesterday the former shadow cabinet minister Chuka Umunna used a speech to the German British Forum to condemn the idea…
Peter Dowd: Paradise Papers reveal complacent Tories’ failure on tax loopholes
The Paradise Papers, leaked last week, demonstrate the contempt with which some corporations and individuals treat their duty to…
Corbyn’s response to Iran crisis will help determine Britain’s standing in the world
Is Jeremy Corbyn a pacifist or an isolationist or neither? There is a big difference between the first…
Chris Evans: Yes, we must be tough on the causes of crime – but society benefits if the prison system is also humane
Unless there is a radical re-think of how we sentence our prisoners, the criminal justice system will collapse.…
Chuka Umunna lays into left-wingers’ plan for universal basic income
Chuka Umunna will today launch a lengthy attack on one of the key economic reforms demanded by supporters…
Invest in education and fight the Brexit “fundamentalists”, Corbyn tells chancellor
Jeremy Corbyn will today demand that Philip Hammond use the Budget to invest in education, take on the…
