Sam Moore: Why the great Gordon Brown continues to be a moderniser even now
One of the things that helped Gordon Brown’s rise was a constant desire to modernise. When he was…
Labour
Labour forced to shelve plan to select 75 candidates by Christmas
Labour has quietly dropped plans to select candidates for 75 target seats before Christmas. The ambitious deadline, agreed…
PMQs verdict: Thornberry triumphs as uneasy Mr Green turns into Mr Bean
“Oh, Emily Thornberry…” Could that be the chant one day sung over and over by Labour’s ranked mass…
Exclusive: Another trade union agrees to affiliate to Momentum
Momentum received a major boost today when it agreed a formal tie-up with another influential trade union. The…
Shortlist revealed for target seat of Watford
Several experienced Labour activists have been included on the shortlist for the target seat of Watford following the intervention of…
Dan McCurry: How McDonnell can use the pound to help win nationalisation debate
Counterintuitive it may be, but the stock market will boom in response to John McDonnell’s nationalisation policies. The…
Exclusive: The shortlist for Labour’s top target seat in the south west
Labour activists are engaged in an intense selection battle in a south-west seat for the right to take…
Glenys Thornton: Back the bill to stop renters being punished for being poor
It shouldn’t cost more to be poor. But it does. The poverty premium means poorer people end up…
Sarah Jones: Tory industrial strategy fails Britain on education and infrastructure
The big story from last week’s Budget was clear – there is little room for manoeuvre on the…
Is there a hard-left “purge of moderates” going on in the Labour Party?
An incendiary splash in today’s Times has brought to the fore what some in Labour have long claimed…
