BREAKING: Three Labour Party MPs suspended for breaches of party discipline
A fourth MP, Rachel Maskell, is currently in meetings with party whips…
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The full list of Labour MPs who voted against Keir Starmer’s welfare reform bill
The bill eventually passed after a series of last-minute climbdowns that stripped back much of the controversial reform package to avoid rebellion.
Labour extends free school meals to 500,000 more children
‘Feeding more children every day, for free, is one of the biggest interventions we can make to put more money in parents’ pockets, tackle the stain of poverty, and set children up to learn.’
Labour MP Torsten Bell shares one simple fact on the economy that tears Tories apart
It’s pretty damning…
Chris Curtis MP sets out what Labour needs to do to reach its target of building 1.5 million homes
‘We have a shortage of planners and the key question is how do we get them in place in local councils we need more than just 300…’
Sarah Edwards MP: SME House Builders are vital to Reaching 1.5 million Homes – We must help them
SME House Builders play a vital role in the house building ecosystem, looking at smaller sites which would not be financially viable for the larger developers.
These are the 42 Labour MPs who have called for Starmer to abandon disability benefit cuts
“The planned cuts of more than £7bn represent the biggest attack on the welfare state since George Osborne ushered in the years of austerity”
Labour minister tells Unite to call off Birmingham bin strike and ‘accept the deal’
“The images are awful and people have enough to worry about in their lives without having to worry about rubbish collection alongside it…”
Labour government recruits over 1,500 extra GPs since October in bid to end 8am appointment scramble
“This doesn’t mean it’s ‘job done’. Loads to do. But the NHS is going in the right direction.”
Why austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement is atest