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Grace Fletcher-Hackwood‘s column will be back tomorrow. Somehow we think the Tory conference in her back yard might feature…

Grace Fletcher Hackwood is a Labour councillor for Fallowfield ward in Manchester.<br /> <br /> (Photo by DC Sterne)

Welfare vote: Which Labour MPs are voting against bill or back new amendment?

Keir Starmer may have averted disaster by watering down his welfare reforms, but he still faces a significant…

Luke O'Reilly & Daniel Green

1st July, 2025, 10:00 am

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Let’s face facts: the government’s benefit cuts bill has been a complete disaster. Even with the recent ‘concessions’,…

Ellen Morrison

1st July, 2025, 6:00 am

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It’s been a year since Labour took office. A lot has changed, and as members we see that…

Sebastian Salek

1st July, 2025, 5:00 am