Welfare benefit cuts: ‘What’s the least bad way to find savings?’
Rachel Reeves is said to be on the verge of cutting billions of pounds from health-related benefits. But…
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Labour longlists Runcorn candidates as Amesbury to quit, triggering by-election
Labour is longlisting candidates this week for the looming Runcorn and Helsby by-election, which now looks almost certain…
‘Employment Rights Bill must go further to reform disgraceful sick pay system’
At £116.75 a week – just 17% of the average weekly wage – the UK’s Statutory Sick Pay…
Paddy Lillis on life after Usdaw, Keir Starmer, and the Employment Rights Bill
Paddy Lillis is in a reflective mood. On one level it’s easy to understand his decision to step…
‘Let’s hike tax to spend even more on defence. Voters get the world’s changed’
Keir Starmer has rightly named the active threat Putin poses to the UK, our allies and peace in…
Dawn Butler: ‘Why we founded the Parliamentary Black Caucus’
Whether it is climate change, the rise of the far-right, the future of artificial intelligence, or the persistent…
Runcorn and Helsby: Labour begins candidate selection process for potential by-election
Labour has opened applications for selecting its candidate for the potential by-election in Runcorn and Helsby. After MP…
IWD: ‘Politics isn’t focused on women’s needs or voices. We can fix it with more women councillors, MPs and mayors’
I’ve been in a reflective mood as we’ve approached this International Women’s Day. 263 women now serve in…
Miatta Fahnbulleh on voters’ key test in 2029, Parliament’s ‘unsaid rules’, learning from Harman and reaching net zero
Cutting energy bills is critical for Labour’s success at the ballot box at the next general election, the…
Labour leaflet attacking Reform over NHS sells out on party’s online shop
Labour’s online shop recently sold out of its first attack leaflet targeting Nigel Farage’s Reform UK over its…
