Live blog Live: Watch Starmer and Rayner at local election campaign launch and follow updates as Labour target Black Country Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner have accused the Conservatives of “preying on hopes” of working people as they… Tom Belger & Daniel Green 28th March, 2024, 7:30 am
Comment ‘Labour have promised to save the high street – now let’s hear how’ SPONSORED POST As Chair of the Shopkeepers Campaign, hearing Labour frontbenchers talk of their commitment to revitalise the… Vivienne King 5th January, 2024, 8:00 am
Comment ‘Faced with a broken Britain, Starmer’s project will fail if it isn’t bold enough’ In the four years since the Conservatives’ election victory – marked with promises of ‘levelling up’ – the… Anna McShane 12th December, 2023, 4:51 pm
Comment Starmer’s full economy speech: “Labour will offer a new deal for the public” Thank you, Torsten. It’s a privilege to speak at an event like this, dedicated to the biggest question… Keir Starmer 4th December, 2023, 4:21 pm
News Andy Burnham floats overhauling inheritance tax and a basic income Andy Burnham has said “there is an argument for a basic income” and proposed overhauling inheritance tax to… Katie Neame 28th November, 2023, 3:10 pm
Comment ‘The Treasury takes 95p in each £1 of tax. Labour should devolve real tax powers’ At conference the other week, Labour set out practical ways the party would improve people’s lives in government.… Luke Raikes 23rd October, 2023, 8:00 am
News Labour reshuffle updates: Rayner moved, Nandy and Ashworth demoted, McFadden and Kendall promoted Labour has unveiled a raft of changes to the shadow cabinet and frontbench, including Angela Rayner replacing Lisa… Tom Belger & Morgan Jones 4th September, 2023, 7:50 am
Comment ‘Why and how Labour should embrace a “new levelling up” agenda’ Labour has carefully avoided mentioning ‘levelling up’ in the five missions Sir Keir Starmer has outlined this year.… Graeme Atherton 23rd July, 2023, 9:00 am
Comment ‘We must give control back to the North by improving public transport’ For the Tories, ‘levelling up’ the North is an election slogan. For Labour, it must be a job… Luke Joseph 9th July, 2023, 1:00 pm
Comment ‘Labour must reverse council cuts and base funding on need, not local wealth’ As the saying goes, all politics is local. For all the spectacle and drama that Westminster politics brings,… Sir Stephen Houghton 5th July, 2023, 10:25 am