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.…
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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…
Jon Cruddas: What we can learn from Labour’s crushing election defeat
Today we publish our Independent Inquiry report Labour’s Future. It looks at why we lost the 2015 general…
Labour was out of touch in 2015, says Cruddas’ final election report
Labour lost the general election because it had “marched away from the views of the country” on key…
John Denham: Labour cannot win in England unless it understands England
It’s widely accepted that General Election activists constantly heard the refrain ‘Labour doesn’t stand for people like me…
Labour has been presented with an opportunity to change the narrative on welfare
The Government’s cuts are dividing society because, in Iain Duncan Smith’s words, they’re “narrowly focused on getting the…
Tories in turmoil as IDS quits over disability cuts
Iain Duncan Smith stunned Westminster on Friday night by quitting the Cabinet over George Osborne’s plans to slash support…
Corbyn and his MPs rally in opposition to typical Tory Budget
Jeremy Corbyn hated this Budget. Of course, leaders of the Opposition generally don’t like Tory Budgets, but the…
