Five Brent Labour councillors quit party and defect to Greens
Five Labour councillors in Brent have resigned from the party and defected to the Greens. The councillors, including…
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NEC election timelines, party management and challenges ahead – Ann Black’s Labour NEC report
This was the first meeting after conference and, as usual, the opportunity to plan for the year ahead. …
Labour’s identity crisis – caught between Blairism and Blue Labour
The problem most tribes in the Labour Party have is that they rarely get to fully define themselves.…
‘AI superintelligence regulation is what we owe voters of this generation and those to come’
The Labour Government’s strong view is that AI can transform the lives of Britons for the better. AI…
Letters to the Editor – week ending 14 December 2025
Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your…
‘Like changes to winter fuel allowance, lifting the two-child cap may be easy in Parliament — and risky everywhere else’
There were two leading motivations behind the government’s decision to lift the two-child benefit cap. The first was…
‘No racist is going to make me feel I don’t belong’: Shabana Mahmood on resilience, faith and public service
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has opened up about the importance of her faith in coming to politics –…
Delivering in Government: your weekly round up of good news Labour stories
It was a busy week for the Labour government. While the prime minister was busy working alongside European…
‘Labour should call time on the unfair system that is hurting pubs’
These past two weeks have been full of deja vu for me. Exactly five years ago I was…
‘Labour’s mental health review needs to reframe overdiagnosis’
We’re having the wrong debate about mental health diagnosis. Following Wes Streeting’s announcement of a review into the…
