What are Labour figures proud of this year – and what are their hopes for 2026?
Over the last 12 months, Labour has achieved a great deal in office, from passing the Employment Rights…
Liz Kendall
How are Labour’s senior figures spending Christmas?
As Parliament now in recess for Christmas, how are some of Labour’s most senior and well-known figures spending…
Welfare vote: ‘Here are the failures it reveals – and three faint silver linings’
“Change isn’t easy, we’ve always known that,” a Number 10 source said just after Tuesday’s climactic welfare vote.…
Welfare reform vote: 70 councillors in hardest-hit region write to Kendall
More than 70 Labour politicians in part of the region likely to be hardest hit by welfare reform…
‘Why are the knives out for Bridget Phillipson?’
Keir Starmer, it was recently reported, warned his ministers that they could either ‘be disruptors or be disrupted’. Arguably…
Labour MPs slam disabled benefit cuts as ‘impossible to support’: Letter and list of rebels in full
Dozens of Labour MPs have said that the government’s plans to cut disability benefit are “impossible to support”…
‘The rhetoric’s turned people’s stomachs’: MPs challenge Kendall over welfare cuts
A string of Labour MPs and union leaders have challenged the Work and Pensions Secretary in the Commons…
Starmer vows ‘sweeping changes’ to tackle ‘bulging benefits bill’
Keir Starmer has vowed to implement “sweeping changes” to deal with the “bulging benefits bill blighting our society”…
Liz Kendall rejects four day week as government unveils back-to-work drive
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has ruled out introducing a standard four-day working week as she set…
MPs to vote on amendment to King’s Speech calling for two-child cap be axed
MPs will vote on an amendment to the King’s Speech calling for the two-child benefit cap to be…
