Unions blast Labour’s decision to bar Jamie Driscoll from mayoral shortlist
Labour’s biggest union donor, Unite, warns of ‘serious consequences’
Keir Starmer
The local elections confirm that Labour is on course for power – but not a majority
‘Labour needs to win the national popular vote by 9pts in order to win an overall majority, which would require an 11% swing – bigger than the swing achieved by Tony Blair in 1997’
Keir Starmer says ‘voting reform will not be one of our priorities’
Starmer reiterated that the Labour Party would be focused on its national missions
The European countries where university education is free
Not having to pay tuition fees might be a thing of the past in England, but a number of European nations still offer access to free university education.
Starmer accuses Tories of attempting to stoke row over Sue Gray hiring ahead of local elections
The Labour leader has said ministers are ‘trying to resurrect’ the fallout over the appointing of Gray as they don’t have anything to say about the cost of living crisis.
Tuition fees: How the left has responded to Keir Starmer’s U-turn
The Labour leader has said the party will ‘move on’ from a commitment to abolish tuition fees
Keir Starmer has a ‘long-standing view against proportional representation’
The Labour leader ‘isn’t looking to change the electoral system’
Starmer rips into ‘out of touch’ Sunak in angry PMQs’ exchange
‘So out of touch that he looks at a petrol pump and a debit card like they’ve just arrived from Mars.’
Why Labour are on track for massive gains in the local elections
History suggests Labour should be looking at over 500 gains
How important will the socially conservative voter be in winning the next election?
Will chasing the same narrow economically left but culturally right constituent pay off for Labour? Or will those who are pushed too far, take their vote to a smaller party jostling for space in the straightjacket of the two-party system, or just not vote at all?