Comment As Trump is sworn in there are still reasons to retain the audacity of hope On a day like today, where we see a tangerine misogynist who mocks the disabled and disenfranchised enter… Emma Bean 20th January, 2017, 3:01 pm
News Labour planning to hold both crucial by-elections in late February Labour are planning to hold both key by-elections in Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent central in late February. It has… Emma Bean 20th January, 2017, 12:03 pm
News Corbyn tells May: If Britain becomes a tax haven then where is the money for public services? Labour’s top figures have stepped up their attack on Theresa May over her “threat” to slash taxes and… Peter Edwards 18th January, 2017, 9:30 am
Comment McCluskey: The PM must not listen to Brexit headbangers who put jobs at risk The prime minister’s announcement today looks set to send shock waves around factories and shop-floors across the country. … Len McCluskey 17th January, 2017, 9:58 am
Comment High pay, more media and low polls – five things we learnt from Corbyn’s “re-launch” Jeremy Corbyn delivered a major speech today, on Brexit, which was described as a new year “relaunch”. During… Emma Bean 10th January, 2017, 6:00 pm
News Labour closes poll gap on Tories but Corbyn far behind May on choice of PM Labour have cut the Tories’ lead in the latest poll of voting intention even as Jeremy Corbyn’s personal… Peter Edwards 6th January, 2017, 12:04 pm
News Momentum activists mobilise for Copeland Momentum has begun mobilising for the by-election in Copeland as the Tories start to plot their own assault… Emma Bean 5th January, 2017, 4:02 pm
News Ashworth kickstarts Copeland campaign with fresh attack on Tory plans to impose more austerity on local hospital Plans to impose more cuts on hospital services put cash before care, Labour said today as it aimed… Peter Edwards 4th January, 2017, 8:54 am
News Gwynne pledges fightback as Corbyn asks him to spearhead Copeland by-election bid Jeremy Corbyn has handed the task of defending Labour’s narrow majority in the Copeland by-election to a… Peter Edwards 3rd January, 2017, 4:17 pm
Comment Fabians: Labour has no chance of winning outright – it will have to get used to the idea of working alongside other parties The politics of 2016 may have been frenetic but now an uneasy calm has descended on the Labour… Andrew Harrop 3rd January, 2017, 12:00 pm