Mais Lecture 2026: Britain to align closer with Europe, says Chancellor
Rachel Reeves has outlined a closer relationship with Europe in her speech at the Mais Lecture 2026. She…
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‘England’s Land Use Framework will benefit our farmers and rural communities – here’s how’
England’s countryside is being asked to do more than ever before. We need to strengthen Britain’s food security.…
‘The European Convention on Human Rights: a vital shield for children’s rights’
Even when not explicitly mentioned, children benefit from the same protections set down in the European Convention on…
‘NATO won’t follow Trump into his chaotic war with Iran’
It is entirely possible that Donald Trump, when attending the fee-paying ‘New York Military Academy’ in the 1960s,…
‘Britain cannot normalise food banks: government must act to end mass dependence on emergency food’
This week, Trussell revealed that food banks in its community distributed more than 2.6 million food parcels to…
Assisted dying bill fails in vote in Scottish Parliament – how Labour’s MSPs voted
MSPs have voted against a bill on assisted dying in a vote on its final stage in the…
Young Labour and Labour Students elections to be re-run after ‘administrative error’
Elections for officer positions within youth wings of the Labour Party are being re-run after an administrative error.…
‘The new deal for young people goes to the heart of Labour’s mission’
Peterborough helped to build modern Britain through our bricks, engineering and railways. This industrial heritage gave opportunity to…
‘Why Total Place is vital for Labour’s chance of reforming public services’
Towards the end of the last Labour government, a programme called ‘Total Place’ offered a radical new way…
‘Peers must follow MPs and end the cruel criminalisation of women over abortion’
165 years ago women didn’t have the vote, married women couldn’t own their own property, and marital rape…
