The uncredible shrinking party: Labour’s sliding irrelevance
Labour is a shrunken Party. Shrunken not just by objective measures such as seats and vote share, but…
welfare bill
Abstaining on the welfare bill was sensible – Labour must keep its eyes on the prize: winning
A party deeply divided. This is how the media portrays Labour and it plays directly into the hands…
Labour didn’t need to abstain on the welfare vote
Repeat after me – Britain isn’t broke. Welfare for the third child in middle-income families is not an…
Why I voted against the welfare reform and work bill
Last night I joined 47 of my colleagues in opposing the governments’ Welfare Reform and Work Bill and…
Labour has given up ownership on the business agenda, yesterday we gave up ground on the anti poverty agenda too
Yesterday’s abstention on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill was a watershed moment for the Labour Party. The…
48 MPs break whip to vote against welfare bill – full list
Labour’s reasoned amendment to the welfare bill failed to pass tonight by 208 votes to 308 votes. The…
