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Labour officials have opted for a fast-track selection for the Manchester by-election with a candidate set to be picked before the end of March. The party will choose an activist to fight Manchester Gorton on March 22 as expectations mount…
The Autumn Statement this year will be the first fiscal event following the Brexit referendum result and the election of Donald Trump and will take place in the midst of a growing backlash against the trade and immigration forces of…
A group of former shadow cabinet ministers have come together to set out their own stance on the economic risk of Brexit as one warned that a strong Labour party is needed today just as much as ever. The five, including former shadow…
A shadow Cabinet minister has accused the Tories of trying to "punish" low-paid council house residents after the government lost a Supreme Court battle over the bedroom tax. Debbie Abrahams, shadow work and pensions secretary, attacked the…
By Liam Byrne MP, Shabana Mahmood MP and Cllr Caroline Badley Labour's path back to power is hard - and it'll be harder still without a majority in England. So we've spent the summer figuring out the route-map to win back England. We've…
Yvette Cooper’s campaign team have said they won't engage in “unpleasant anonymous briefing[s] and counter-briefing[s]” in the Labour leadership race. Cooper is standing against Andy Burnham, Jeremy Corbyn and Liz Kendall to be Labour's…
Yvette Cooper has revealed which MPs will chair her campaign. She's decided to divide the task between Vernon Coaker, Shadow Defence Minister, and Shabana Mahmood, who is Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. The two will be co-chairs of…
Labour's manifesto is "just days away from being published and launched" according to Shadow Treasury minister Shabana Mahmood. The Birmingham Ladywood MP revealed that the publication of Labour's full policy document was not far away on…
Today the long-awaited Victim's Taskforce Report is being published - and Labour have backed the key recommendations, including plans for a new Victims' Law. The report calls for "an end-to-end transformation" in the way the police…
Through the means of an Opposition Day Debate, Labour are today outlining how they'd deal with tax avoidance in the first couple of months of government. The party will point out that following information passed on to HMRC in 2010 that…
Today, Shabana Mahmood, Shadow Treasury Minister, has explained how George Osborne is on course to fall short of export targets he set for himself. Writing for PoliticsHome, Mahmood has released figures on British exports, which, she…
Next week, Ed Balls, shadow chancellor of the exchequer, will announce Labour’s plans to tackle tax avoidance and create a fair business tax system. Balls and Shabana Mahmood MP, Labour’s shadow exchequer secretary to the Treasury, have…
