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Labour

Rachel Reeves delivering her spending review this afternoon
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Spending review: Extra funding for public services welcomed but Labour urged to reverse disability benefit cuts

Olivia Barber
11 June, 2025

From scrapping the use of asylum hotels to increasing spending on the NHS and education, LFF looks at reactions to Labour’s Spending Review.

First cabinet meeting of the Keir Starmer government
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REVEALED: The most popular cabinet minister among Labour members

Chris Jarvis
6 June, 2025

This poll has revealed Labour members’ favourite cabinet member

Davy Russell gives his acceptance speech at the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election count
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Hamilton by-election winner Labour’s Davy Russell hits out at “poison of Reform”

Olivia Barber
6 June, 2025

“This community has also sent a message to Farage and his mob tonight.”

Environment secretary Steve Reed speaking during urgent questions
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MPs call for public ownership of water after private equity firm abandons Thames Water rescue deal

Olivia Barber
3 June, 2025

“Can’t he be tough with it for once and say water is a human right? And it should be publicly owned and publicly run.”

Food bank Britain
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A food parcel every 11 seconds: Charity demands urgent action on hunger

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 May, 2025

Over the past five years, the number of families with children relying on food parcels has increased by 46 percent.

A photo of Keir Starmer speaking in the Commons
News

Keir Starmer confirms government U-turn on winter fuel cuts

Olivia Barber
21 May, 2025

The PM said that he wants more pensioners to be able to claim winter fuel allowance and that the policy will be reviewed

News

Keir Starmer roasts Nigel Farage at PMQs with joke about his holiday

Olivia Barber
21 May, 2025

‘He was the first through the e-gates somewhere in the South of France’

Keir Starmer giving his speech at the EU summit this afternoon
News

5 key takeaways from Keir Starmer’s UK-EU ‘reset’ deal

Olivia Barber
19 May, 2025

The PM said the first UK-EU summit “marks a new era in our relationship” with the EU

Child poverty
News

Lord John Bird urges government to step up on poverty to head off Reform threat

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 May, 2025

Bird warns that unless the government acts now, they will not hold back the rise of Reform at the next general election.

Right-Wing Watch

The war on net zero: how political climate consensus fell apart

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 May, 2025

Today, net zero is no longer a unifying goal, it’s a political dividing line. Its biggest threat is manufactured outrage and political cowardness.

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