News Labour calls for cross-party commission on women’s pension age Owen Smith has called for a cross-party commission to examine the “fundamental injustice” facing women affected by Government attempts to equalise… Sarah Pine 25th February, 2016, 2:58 pm
News Millions in poverty in Tory Britain despite working full-time More and more families with children are struggling to meet basic living standards despite having at least one… Peter Edwards 15th February, 2016, 1:09 pm
News Osborne announces major u-turns on tax credits and police cuts George Osborne today caved into pressure from Labour and announced u-turns on both tax credits cuts and cuts… 25th November, 2015, 5:18 pm
Comment Tory MPs should find their consciences and vote with Labour to protect tax credits By Owen Smith MP and Seema Malhotra MP Today it looks as though the Tory Party are lining… 20th October, 2015, 2:21 pm
News Labour’s Shadow Welfare Secretary calls for party to review position on benefits cap Owen Smith, Shadow Welfare Secretary, has called for a debate within the Labour party over benefits cap. The… 16th September, 2015, 3:27 pm
Comment The Welsh Labour manifesto addresses the country’s chronic underfunding As a proud and patriotic Welshman, it is a great honour to be launching the Welsh Labour manifesto in North… Owen Smith 16th April, 2015, 4:10 pm
News Farage says immigration made him late for event Nigel Farage is stuck on repeat. Every time he’s confronted with a problem, he blames ‘immigrants’. The latest… 8th December, 2014, 11:13 am
Comment Carswell, Farage and Reckless – stock brokers and merchant bankers, not champions of the working class We knew Mark Reckless had a brass neck. You’d have to have one to show your face again… Owen Smith 21st November, 2014, 2:05 pm
Comment The Valleys of South Wales have always been an affront to the Tories The Valleys of South Wales have always been an affront to the Tories. From the Living Wage strike… Owen Smith 1st November, 2014, 4:27 pm
Featured Shadow Cabinet rankings – who is the runaway winner? In the past we used to do a monthly “shadow cabinet rankings” to give LabourList readers an opportunity… Mark Ferguson 18th July, 2014, 7:30 am