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Latest live news updates as Keir Starmer conducts a reshuffle of the Labour shadow cabinet and frontbench.
Many of you may not know much about the constituency of Selby and Ainsty. Or perhaps you didn’t know much until its erstwhile Tory MP resigned in solidarity with his mate, Boris Johnson. I can tell you this much: it’s big, really big. And I…
The rumour mill about a potential reshuffle of Labour's frontbench team continues to whirr. According to a Times report on Wednesday evening, Keir Starmer is considering moving Angela Rayner and Lisa Nandy potentially as soon as next month…
The Labour party backs tenants' right to buy social housing to "extend wealth ownership", but does not support rent controls or untargeted mortgage relief, according to a shadow cabinet member. Lisa Nandy also highlighted the "taboo" around…
Labour’s housing policy blitz continues to roll on – not even taking a break over the long weekend. The Guardian and the Financial Times report that the next Labour government would enable local development authorities in England to buy up…
This week, the government passed a landmark housing figure – but not one it should be especially proud of. The latest homelessness statistics show 101,300 families in temporary accommodation at the end of December 2022, the first time in…
Lisa Nandy has said she is "baffled" some on the left are opposed to Labour's increasing focus on home ownership, arguing that helping people to buy and supporting social housing are not a "zero-sum game". The Shadow Levelling Up Secretary…
Labour will today force a vote on a motion demanding action on the leasehold system. Michael Gove pledged in January that the government would bring forward laws to scrap most leaseholds in England this year, but the plans have reportedly…
Good morning. Labour has called for an independent investigation into the redevelopment of the Teesside steelworks, a flagship project of the Tories' northern poster boy Ben Houchen, the Tees Valley mayor. It follows allegations of…
It's expected that the Bank of England will raise interest rates today for the 12th time in a row as part of their ongoing push to lower Britain's inflation rate. This means higher mortgage repayments for hundreds of thousands of…
Good morning. Labour has doubled down on comments made by David Lammy over the long weekend, in which the frontbencher suggested that the party may not repeal the controversial Public Order Act if it comes into government. The Act – which…
