Analysis Starmer won targeting Red Wall voters. Now even their MPs rebel on winter fuel Targeting a particular kind of Red Wall voter was a key part of Labour’s strategy going into the… Daniel Green 7th May, 2025, 9:07 am
Comment ‘To beat Reform, Labour must focus on places that are struggling most’ And just like that: Reform claims its first by-election scalp from Labour. Not an enormous surprise, with some… Ben Glover 3rd May, 2025, 7:00 am
News County Durham election: Labour loses 38 seats on another once-red council Labour has lost dozens of seats on Durham county council, in one of its worst results of the… Daniel Green 2nd May, 2025, 2:00 pm
News Labour vote fell in many Red Wall seats despite election win, analysis finds Labour’s vote in 31 so-called ‘Red Wall’ seats actually declined at this year’s general election despite the party’s… James Moules 18th November, 2024, 11:04 am
Comment ‘The stakes are high. Labour must truly listen to voter’s concerns’ The most powerful part of Keir Starmer’s speech at conference was the refrain that “‘taking back control’ is… Jake Richards 9th October, 2024, 11:25 am
Comment ‘The five parts of Labour’s electoral coalition – and why they’re all fragile’ Labour’s election victory was built on winning very specific types of parliamentary constituencies. My work in Labour Together’s… Matthew Sowemimo 2nd September, 2024, 6:30 pm
General election 2024 YouGov general election MRP poll: Labour projected to win 422 seats Labour has been projected to win 422 seats at the general election in a YouGov mega-poll, while the… Katie Neame 3rd June, 2024, 5:09 pm
Comment Tom Baldwin: ‘What Blackpool’s deckchairs can tell us about its by-election’ Ten years ago, Blackpool council sold off its entire stock of 6,000 municipal deckchairs, claiming the holidaymakers who… Tom Baldwin 2nd May, 2024, 9:30 am
Comment ‘Faced with a broken Britain, Starmer’s project will fail if it isn’t bold enough’ In the four years since the Conservatives’ election victory – marked with promises of ‘levelling up’ – the… Anna McShane 12th December, 2023, 4:51 pm
speech Read Starmer’s full speech on 2019 defeat as he slams even pre-Corbyn Labour Thank you for coming today. It’s great to be here in Silverstone. Famous across the globe as a… Keir Starmer 12th December, 2023, 1:18 pm