‘Proportional representation will lead to better politics’, Labour conference told
Voting reform is ‘not just about who the system will allow us to care for but what the system allows us to care for’
LFF Reporter
Labour could win more seats by turning against Brexit, new poll finds
The Constitution Society says that the Labour Party would remain on course to regain all Red Wall seats and could expand its overall support if it said Brexit was a mistake.
Unions condemn sacking of Sam Tarry
Ilford South MP Tarry joined protesters at London’s Euston station despite Sir Keir telling his frontbench MPs to stay away.
Cleaners at Facebook face “intolerable” workloads: A worker speaks out
‘This Facebook dispute represents another case study in the dark underbelly of billionaire tech firms’
Labour hints it could hold back in Lib Dem-facing constituencies to deny the Tories a majority
‘I will focus my party on those target seats, on the places where we can win and we know we have to win.’
Calls for a formal progressive alliance after Lib Dem win in North Shropshire
Are the voters ahead of political parties on this issue
Starmer slammed for ‘ditching freedom of movement pledge’
“Labour conference voted for Freedom of Movement & it is there that Labour policy has always been decided & adhered to until a policy is overturned by mechanisms built within labour since it’s inception as Labour.”
Keir Starmer refuses five times to say he thinks Corbyn would have been a better PM than Boris Johnson
Starmer was repeatedly asked on BBC Radio 4 Today whether he thought Corbyn would have been a better PM than Johnson.
Green Party co-leadership candidate Tamsin Omond shows irreverent side at book launch
Co-leadership candidate said talking is “not a very good thing to get good at” and it “doesn’t really align with my politics.”
Keir Starmer faces growing backlash over plans to scrap Labour leadership rules that got Corbyn elected
Starmer has put forward proposals to scrap Labour’s one-member-one-vote approach to party leadership elections, where every party member’s vote had equal value, in favour of an electoral college, in which MPs would have greater say.