‘Shaking up the adviser team’ is a well-known political tactic, although how much good it actually does is contested. An excess of advisers is yet another Thatcher legacy we could probably do without but will doubtless have to continue to live with.
‘The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.’
Basildon council leader Gavin Callaghan reflects on Labour Conference and why local government reorganisation is key to beating Reform
Keir Starmer has vowed to defeat the “rising tide” of antisemitism
He says the attack on a Manchester synagogue should not be used to silence protest against the Gaza genocide
Labour plans to pass a law to permanently ban the controversial oil and gas extraction technique
The charity has warned that ministerial powers over the elections watchdog could be abused by a future authoritarian government
While speculation about a right-wing pact to ensure that the Tories or Reform can win power is rampant, there’s little mention of any sort of progressive pact to save us from such a fate.
“I suspect there is real surprise, indignation and horror that they haven’t been a Labour government”
The left-wing groups behind the motion say “not allowing this motion to be debated is a senseless act”
