Analysis Immigration white paper: Starmer has the authenticity issue Miliband once had Labour unveiled a string of new policies this morning in the government’s immigration white paper, but the Prime… Tom Belger 12th May, 2025, 9:53 am
News ‘Barking was like the Red Wall’: Margaret Hodge on the lessons for fighting Reform from beating the BNP 15 years ago today On an otherwise disappointing night 15 years ago, Labour activists celebrated in east London as the British National… Daniel Green 7th May, 2025, 5:00 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 Hull and East Yorkshire mayor: Labour finish fourth as Reform win Reform’s Luke Campbell has been elected in the race to be mayor of the Hull and East Yorkshire… Morgan Jones 2nd May, 2025, 5:22 pm
News Lancashire election: Labour sheds two dozen seats as Reform and Gaza bite Labour has lost more than two dozen seats on Lancashire county council, with 50 Reform councillors set to… Morgan Jones & Tom Belger 2nd May, 2025, 2:25 pm
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 Northumberland results breakdown as Labour ends third in council it once ran Labour has lost a dozen seats at local elections for the Northumberland county council, finishing a distant third… Morgan Jones & Tom Belger 2nd May, 2025, 7:23 am
Analysis Runcorn and Helsby by-election defeat: Results breakdown, analysis and reaction Labour’s Karen Shore has lost the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, after battling out a knife-edge fight with Reform… Luke O'Reilly, Daniel Green & Tom Belger 2nd May, 2025, 6:01 am
Comment ‘Caving to pressure for new oil and gas licences won’t win SNP or Reform voters’ Keir Starmer’s Labour gained power on the boldest clean energy manifesto of any British government. Since the election… Robbie MacPherson 23rd April, 2025, 10:09 am
News Hull and East Yorkshire mayor election: Labour candidate spars with Reform’s boxing star in UK’s most disillusioned city With just a few weeks to go until electing their first ever combined mayor, many residents of Hull… Luke O'Reilly 17th April, 2025, 9:21 am