‘On Europe, can Labour learn to (Swiss) roll with it?’
Ten years on, it is easy to forget doing Brexit this way was a choice. Boris Johnson’s deal…
Parliament
Gorton and Denton, Iran and election season – Ann Black’s NEC report
The NEC met in Downing Street and vice-chair Peter Wheeler, deputising for Shabana Mahmood, welcomed members. Tributes were…
Gary Smith re-elected as GMB general secretary unopposed
GMB general secretary Gary Smith has been re-elected unopposed for a second term to lead the union. Smith,…
‘The politics of the Gambling Levy money’
The statutory levy marks a long-overdue shift in how gambling harm services are funded in Great Britain, through…
Starmer attempts to reassure Britons amid fears of inflation spike, but did he go far enough?
With the prospect of yet another inflationary shock looming and airlines warning of potential fuel supply disruption due…
‘From referee to coach – Labour needs a new theory of what it’s for’
I knocked on doors in Gosport in November 2024. The winter fuel payment decision was fresh and the…
Ben Cooper column: ‘Labour must intervene to tackle the causes of the cost of living crisis’
For more than half a decade, Britain has been stuck in a cost-of-living crisis. Life’s essentials have become…
Labour launch major attack ad campaign exposing Reform’s record
A new Labour attack ad aims to expose Reform UK and Nigel Farage’s “naked attempts to hoodwink working…
‘It is time for the Lords Spiritual to leave the House of Lords’
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill fulfils a manifesto promise of constitutional reform and modernisation. Yet the…
‘MattGPT and Me’
As some of you may have seen, it has not been a good week for ReformUK’s failed Gorton…
