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Poll gives Labour 17-point lead ahead of Keir Starmer’s keynote speech to Labour conference
The poll, carried out by YouGov for the Times, found that Starmer has an approval rating of 45 per cent while the Tories led by new prime minister Liz Truss trail behind at 28 per cent.
Andy Burnham calls for an end to current whips system to give MPs more freedom
Calling for a ‘rewiring of Britain’, he said: “‘The reason we’ve got such an unequal country is because power is very unequally held and used in the UK. That’s why I say we have to rewire the country so that power flows around all places.”
Labour conference votes overwhelmingly to replace FPTP with PR
Although the party leadership does not approve the change, the conference has backed a motion which supports a “fairer proportional electoral system.”
5 key takeaways from Rachel Reeves’s speech, including a hike to the minimum wage
'The last Labour government delivered Britain's first ever national minimum wage. The next Labour government will introduce a genuine living wage.'
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Louise Haigh: “Labour in power will bring our railways back into public ownership.”
'We believe in a public transport system where power is in the hands of the public.’