Analysis Local elections expert predicts ‘bad night’ for Labour, with no net seat gains as Reform, Greens and Lib Dems advance An election expert has predicted a “bad night” for Labour at the 2025 local elections next week, warning… Tom Belger 23rd April, 2025, 10:00 pm
Columnist ‘Despair at the Tories explains huge poll leads – but Labour can’t rely on it’ If you listen to some commentators, you’d think Labour are now destined to be the largest party in… Sophie Stowers 10th December, 2023, 7:21 am
Columnist ‘Labour must get stuck into culture wars by healing divides, not ignoring them’ How do you call off a culture war? Most of us can easily think of some political and… Sunder Katwala 6th September, 2023, 7:30 am
Comment Lisa Nandy: Boosting Britain’s towns could rebalance economy and put JC in No 10 A full four years before the EU referendum the academic Rob Ford coined the phrase “left behind” to… Lisa Nandy 30th October, 2017, 9:00 am
Comment The polls say we face meltdown – so here are five ways for Labour to turn things around before June 8 The local elections were less than good for the Labour party – and that is an understatement. Defeats… Euan Healey 17th May, 2017, 1:30 pm
Comment Eric Pickles’ proposals to suppress voter turnout are Trumpesque The case of Lutfur Rahman and Tower Hamlets should never be allowed to happen again. But it was… John Spellar 19th August, 2016, 2:35 pm
News Corbyn and Smith will kick-off debates with first hustings in Wales Members will see Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith go up against each other in the first leadership hustings… Sarah Pine 26th July, 2016, 12:01 pm
News Liveblog: Labour wins mayoral results We want to hear from Labour activists and supporters today so please send us your stories and pictures… 7th May, 2016, 3:15 pm
Comment Why would a good person have voted Conservative? – the question Labour needs to answer As celebrity endorsements go, it was lacklustre, and for a celebrity revelation, it was deeply humdrum. However, Anthony… David Green 28th February, 2013, 7:39 am
Comment This Halloween beware of Labour’s zombie voters We all know it’s a long way from a 2015 general election. An awful lot could change and… Andrew Harrop 31st October, 2012, 11:00 am