Comment Local elections: Can Starmer gain council in Medway towns not held since Blair? On paper, Medway is not the kind of place you would expect Labour to be feeling optimistic about… Morgan Jones 2nd May, 2023, 3:48 pm
Comment PMQs: Starmer shows his weaknesses in fumbled session targeting economy In today’s PMQs, Keir Starmer attempted to target the dire Conservative economic record but somehow missed. While he… Morgan Jones 26th April, 2023, 2:38 pm
Comment “Our focus will be on reform”– Bridget Phillipson’s speech on childcare Below is the full text of a speech delivered by Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson at the think… Bridget Phillipson 9th March, 2023, 12:28 pm
Daily email Labour’s stability messages contrasts with cruel, ideological Tory party Rachel Reeves is to speak today at the conference of the manufacturers’ body MakeUK. The Shadow Chancellor is… Morgan Jones 7th March, 2023, 10:17 am
News Reeves declares 13 years of Tories a “drag anchor” on prosperity after IMF forecast Rachel Reeves has argued that 13 years of Tory government have been a “drag anchor” on prosperity after… Katie Neame 31st January, 2023, 1:53 pm
Comment The decline of Conservative political hegemony creates an opening for Labour The Tory Party as the ‘tethered beetle’ Hailed as the most successful political party in history at attaining… Ken Spours 29th November, 2022, 5:00 pm
Comment Book review: Out of the Blue by James Heale and Harry Cole I don’t need to recap the events of Liz Truss’s glass-floor shattering, 44-day premiership – after all, it… Morgan Jones 18th November, 2022, 4:20 pm
News MPs pass motion calling for Truss and Kwarteng to have severance pay cut A Labour motion demanding that Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng lose a portion of their ministerial severance payments… Katie Neame 15th November, 2022, 4:47 pm
News Labour demands Truss and Kwarteng return ministerial severance payments Labour has demanded that Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng return their ministerial severance payments, arguing that their “mismanagement… Katie Neame 14th November, 2022, 10:30 pm
News Sunak reinstates moratorium on fracking in further government U-turn Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the government will reinstate the moratorium on fracking in a further U-turn on… Elliot Chappell 26th October, 2022, 2:35 pm