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Labour isn't only electing its next leader to replace Jeremy Corbyn – there is also a vacancy for the deputy leader post as Tom Watson stepped down from the role and as an MP at the general election last month. The contest began officially…
Richard Burgon has written to Labour colleagues explaining why he is standing to be the next deputy leader of the party and outlining his approach to the role. In the letter sent to other members of the parliamentary Labour party today, the…
Labour's Richard Burgon has announced that he will be putting himself forward to become the party's next deputy leader. The Shadow Secretary of State for Justice tweeted this afternoon to say that after discussions with others in the party…
The Andrew Marr Show John McDonnell apologised to candidates and MPs who lost their seats in the general election and took the blame for the loss. He also suggested he would be happy for Rebecca Long-Bailey, Angela Rayner, Dawn Butler and…
Labour is set to announce that it would expand 18 'violence reduction units' in the police forces across the country tasked with tackling the highest rates of gang-related violent crime. Diane Abbott and Richard Burgon will unveil plans to…
Conference, this year marks 70 years since the radical post-war Labour government introduced Legal Aid. Built out of the ruins of the Second World War. A huge step forward for access to justice. Because our hard-won rights aren’t worth the…
Ridge on Sunday Richard Burgon, Shadow Justice Secretary and MP for Leeds East, talked about a potential conflict with Iran, Labour candidate Ali Milani and Gloria de Piero not standing for reselection. Iran... On how the UK should react to…
At the start of this month, the Labour Campaign for Human Rights launched a fresh push calling on the Labour Party commit to a fully-funded and reformed legal aid system. Led by Lord Falconer and Andy Slaughter MP, the new campaign is…
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Last night, the government survived Jeremy Corbyn’s no-confidence vote with a majority of 19. With every Conservative MP still holding out hope that their…
Labour clubs in London are boycotting Westminster constituency Labour party over its decision to invite Chris Williamson as a speaker. The societies have vowed to stop campaigning in the key target seat, where Labour candidate Steven Saxby…
Austerity is over. That's what Theresa May claimed at this year's Tory conference - but if that were true for justice, everyone in the sector would breathe a huge sigh of relief. People and services are at breaking point having faced harsh…
John McDonnell has accused the Tory government of “putting the public in danger” in pursuit of an ideological belief in privatisation. The Shadow Chancellor has called on the government to immediately halt all further outsourcing of…
