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Labour is right to take action to protect children from the harms of social media

Patrick Hurley
Today

Labour MP Patrick Hurley explains why he supports the government’s decision to consult on further steps to protect children online, including whether access to social media should be restricted for under-16s.

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Police reject Reform’s complaint over Labour’s clip of Matt Goodwin bad-mouthing Manchester 

Basit Mahmood
Today

“We can confirm we have received a report and after assessment, informed the complainant there is no offence identified”.

Matt Goodwin

Andy Burnham would have given Labour ‘commanding lead’ in Gorton and Denton by-election, new polling reveals

Olivia Barber
Today

The poll predicts that Labour would win by TWENTY percentage points with Burnham as their candidate

Andy Burnham

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Keir Starmer speaking at a lectern

Poll gives Labour 17-point lead ahead of Keir Starmer’s keynote speech to Labour conference

Basit Mahmood
27 September, 2022

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

Andy Burnham calls for an end to current whips system to give MPs more freedom

Basit Mahmood
27 September, 2022

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.”

Voting Ballot Box

Labour conference votes overwhelmingly to replace FPTP with PR

Basit Mahmood
26 September, 2022

Although the party leadership does not approve the change, the conference has backed a motion which supports a “fairer proportional electoral system.”

Rachel Reeves

5 key takeaways from Rachel Reeves’s speech, including a hike to the minimum wage

Basit Mahmood
26 September, 2022

‘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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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
26 September, 2022

A round of progressive news…

Louise Haigh: “Labour in power will bring our railways back into public ownership.”

Basit Mahmood
26 September, 2022

‘We believe in a public transport system where power is in the hands of the public.’

Voting Ballot Box

Labour4PR rally: ‘This is about justice in our political system’

Basit Mahmood
25 September, 2022

“PR creates a culture of much better decision making and working across parties in order to improve quality of decisions made.”

Dhesi

Interview: Tan Dhesi urges government to do more to guard against imported toxic ideologies following violent unrest in Leicester

Basit Mahmood
25 September, 2022

“We have to constantly work to keep community cohesion because there are forces at play who do not want that to happen.”

News

Stamp duty cut slammed for ‘propping up house prices’ and benefiting the wealthier

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 September, 2022

“People don’t need help to move home. They need help to keep and heat the one they have.”

Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner tells Labour conference the party will ‘oversee the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation’

Basit Mahmood
25 September, 2022

‘The Tories have become too dependent on handing away our public services on the cheap’

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