‘Protest is a precious democratic freedom – we should defend it’
This week the Crime and Policing Bill will reach its last stages in Parliament, and with it a…
Peter Hain
Autumn statement: Four ex-Labour ministers warn against welfare cuts
Senior Labour politicians have urged Jeremy Hunt to increase benefits in line with inflation following reports that the…
How the Labour Party can transform its prospects, and those of the country
The Conservative leadership contest has shown the Tories’ traditionally reckless and dishonest approach to the public finances. It…
What we learnt from the Corbyn-May Brexit meeting
Nothing much appeared to come out of Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit chat with the Prime Minister yesterday. This is…
Peter Hain: Shame on the Labour MPs who rejected the backstop
Every MP who voted for the Brady amendment last night to reject the Irish ‘backstop’ was playing games…
Red Wedge, music and tackling racism – 30 years on Labour must help heal a divided society once again
A Labour Party in civil war. Militancy. Entryism. Racially-motivated murders. Strikes in the public sector. The rise of…
Eight new Labour peers announced
Eight new Labour peers have been announced today, in the latest batch of dissolution peerages. The list includes…
A winning economic programme for the future – Questions to leadership candidates on the economy
Below Peter Hain has written an open letter to Labour’s leadership candidates Dear Colleagues, Comments by some Labour…
Peter Hain calls for “more radical” Labour to deal with Green threat
Peter Hain has called for Labour to propose comprehensive reforms to the tax system in a bid to…
“Democratic socialism, not neoliberalism” – Hain calls on Labour to adopt a different economic approach
Yesterday the Tories trotted out the same message: Labour can’t be trusted with the economy. In response, Labour outlined…
