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The political earthquake we are living through has barely begun: expect more shocks through the summer and autumn. After Angela Eagle’s withdrawal the Labour leadership contest has snapped into focus, with Owen Smith as the sole challenger…
Angela Eagle, Lisa Nandy, Owen Smith and John Healey have resigned from the shadow Cabinet in the latest blow to Jeremy Corbyn. Eagle, shadow Business Secretary, called on Corbyn to step down in favour of a leader "who can unite rather than…
Labour MP Naz Shah has been suspended from the party over comments she made about "relocating" Israel to the US. Today the party confirmed Shah would have the whip withdrawn, hours after David Cameron attacked Jeremy Corbyn's handling of…
Shadow Cabinet minister Lisa Nandy has put herself on a collision course with Jeremy Corbyn by calling for Naz Shah to be suspended from the Labour Party. Nandy took a tougher line than the leader and called for a suspension for people who…
Lisa Nandy has accused the Government of “short-changing” taxpayers after a report revealed the £17,000 cost for each home taking part in the Green Deal. The £240m scheme has not delivered value for money or cut carbon emissions, said the…
Lisa Nandy will today call for the construction of more nuclear power stations. The Labour frontbencher will highlight her apparent differences on energy provision with Jeremy Corbyn. Nandy, shadow Energy Secretary, is known for her…
To: The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Dear Secretaries of State, When the Delegated Legislative Committee met…
I’ve decided who I am voting for, but for a lot of this campaign I’ve wanted to abstain, or go on holiday. It has been a pretty difficult time to be on the centre-left of the Labour Party . The quality has been low, and nobody fully…
Liz Kendall will slam the Tories' "failed experiment in welfare privatisation" this morning, and say that powers to replace schemes such as the Work Programme should be devolved. In a speech on the economy at Reuters, Kendall will promise…
David Lammy, one of the candidates vying to be Labour's London Mayoral candidate, will today unveil his housing plans. The MP for Tottenham will say that if he were elected as Mayor he would build 30,000 new social homes in London. He would…
Liz Kendall today made a short speech to the Westminster's journalists at the Press Gallery Lunch, setting out ideas on a range of subjects. Below are some of the most notable quotes from the speech, which can be read in full here…
As voter registration deadline looms, I’ve been spending time with many young people who are deeply sceptical about the value of voting. I tell them in the last five years I’ve been hit by a clamour of noise – emails, letters, phone calls…
