The long read: Labour can respond to Brexit by leading a popular politics that completes the shift away from Thatcherism
Labour has passed from volatile crisis into New Year inertia. The party found itself left on the sideline…
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McDonnell: Welfare cuts show autumn Statement fails test of help for low-earners
John McDonnell said today that planned cuts to universal credit show the Tories will fail his first “test”…
Reeves and Leslie among Labour backbenchers demanding chancellor tackle inequality in Brexit Britain
A group of former shadow cabinet ministers have come together to set out their own stance on the…
Weekly survey: the benefits cap, article 50 and Labour as the workers’ party
In light of the furore over the lowering of the benefits cap again by the Conservative Government, we ask…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn sounds stronger on substance of spending cuts while May sinks under her own mistakes
Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t do prime minister’s questions very well, so some will tell you. Whatever you think of…
British jobs for British workers? Theresa May’s seven traps for Corbyn’s Labour
It is the story of the week so we might as well embrace it and see what it…
Accept the referendum result, fight for a fair Brexit and try to halt austerity – John McDonnell’s speech to conference
This is the full text of the speech given by shadow Chancellor John McDonnell at Labour conference today.…
Angela Smith: The message from Mosborough is very clear
Last night Labour crashed to a really shocking defeat in Mosborough in Sheffield. The by-election was caused by…
The referendum question: does the labour movement still speak for the labour classes?
Speak to Labour activists on the doorstep during this campaign and the mood is often gloomy. Entire sessions…
Cruddas asks the right questions – I heard them on the doorstep of a swing seat
How did it come to this? That a Labour Party fighting an arrogant, out-of-touch Tory government who failed…
