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Labour

Sharon Graham speaking on the Winter Fuel Allowance motion at Labour Conference
News

Unite general secretary says trade union would say ‘no thanks’ to affiliating to Labour now

Olivia Barber
13 February, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Unite, Labour’s largest trade union affiliate, may reconsider its relationship with the party

Anas Sarwar has said the prime minister needs to step down

Breaking: Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls for Keir Starmer to resign

Olivia Barber
9 February, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

Ahead of the Holyrood elections in May, Sarwar said the leadership in Downing Street is too much of a distraction and has to change

Keir Starmer at PMQs
News

Here’s how Labour figures and unions have reacted to Morgan McSweeney’s resignation

Olivia Barber
9 February, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

Figures within Labour have unanimously said McSweeney was right to step down, but some are now calling for Keir Starmer to follow his lead

A photo of Lee Anderson at a Reform UK conference in Leicester
News

Lee Anderson reminded of his own political defections, after post asking if Oswald Mosley was a Labour MP

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 February, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

“As I understand it Mosley dumped his Labour tendencies when the world of fascism beckoned – remind you of anyone 30p…?”

Zack Polanski speaking in a Green Party political broadcast
Opinion

Zack Polanski Learned What Starmer Refuses To: Every Good Story Needs a Villain

India Thorogood
6 February, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

Labour is failing to make a compelling case against the far-right, argues progressive campaigns adviser India Thorogood

Keir Starmer at PMQs

Labour MPs and groups react to Mandelson’s US ambassador appointment and Epstein ties

Olivia Barber
4 February, 2026 (5 weeks ago)

“While working people faced the fallout of a financial crisis he helped manage, he was exchanging power and access with a convicted criminal.”

Andy Burnham
News

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

Olivia Barber
29 January, 2026

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

Keir Starmer at PMQs
Opinion

There’s no “iron law” that Labour must lose the Gorton and Denton by-election

Jon Trickett
28 January, 2026

Labour won Gorton and Denton with a 13,000 majority in 2024. Jon Trickett MP argues that to win it again, the government must urgently change direction.

Keir Starmer at PMQs
News

Labour urged to reverse decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in by-election

Olivia Barber
26 January, 2026

Mainstream has said the decision should be reversed, while Manchester voters also say that Labour was “wrong” to block Burnham from standing

Nigel Farage loses his cool over questions about racism allegations
News

Reform delays defection of a “well-known” Labour figure

Olivia Barber
20 January, 2026

Reform has been hyping up a defection, only to delay it “until further notice”

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