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Labour party

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’

House of Lords

Labour could abolish House of Lords if it wins next election

Basit Mahmood
23 September, 2022

The suggestion was made in a draft report of a constitutional review led by former prime minister Gordon Brown.

Keir Starmer speaking at a lectern
News

Public believe Keir Starmer would be a better PM than Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak, poll shows

Basit Mahmood
2 September, 2022

The poll, based on 1,500 voters found that Starmer was four points ahead of Truss, with 39 per cent backing him against 35 per cents supporting her.

Keir Starmer speaking at a lectern
News

Labour takes biggest poll lead in ten years

Basit Mahmood
22 August, 2022

If the results were repeated at a general election, Labour would win a 126 seat majority, with a string of prominent Tory MPs losing their seats, including Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Grant Shapps and Dominic Raab.

Andy Burnham
News

Andy Burnham praised after confirming bus fares across Greater Manchester will be capped at £2 a journey from next month

Basit Mahmood
17 August, 2022

Burnham described his announcement as ‘a glimmer of light in tough times’.

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer
News

Labour’s cost of living policy: How the left has reacted to Keir Starmer’s approach to energy bills

Chris Jarvis
15 August, 2022

Keir Starmer has said he would freeze the energy price cap. How have the left responded?

CWU
Opinion

Diane Abbott MP: There is a fundamental right to strike and a human rights lawyer should support that

Diane Abbott
3 August, 2022

‘The Labour Party and the labour movement came into being through protest, some of it illegal at the time as our commemorating the Tolpuddle Martyrs testifies. ‘

Sam Tarry
News

Unions condemn sacking of Sam Tarry

LFF Reporter
28 July, 2022

Ilford South MP Tarry joined protesters at London’s Euston station despite Sir Keir telling his frontbench MPs to stay away.

A stick reading "Vote Labour"
Opinion

Diane Abbott MP: Why you should support the Grassroots 5 in Labour’s NEC election

Diane Abbott
27 July, 2022

‘The NEC election is an opportunity to put grassroots activists, who will fight for Labour to change direction, on to our leading body.’

Voting Ballot Box

Progressive parties must connect with older voters if they want to break the Tories’ grip on power

Ben Cooper
22 July, 2022

‘If progressive parties want to remove the Conservatives from power at the next election, they have to challenge their electoral dominance amongst this voter group.’

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