Jeremy Corbyn says police ‘picked on him’ as Gaza protest case dropped Police were “picking on” Jeremy Corbyn to “silence the democratic rights of everybody in our society”, he has alleged ... The National (Scotland) · Jun 13, 2025
Corbyn says police ‘picked on him to silence democratic rights’ as case dropped The former Labour leader and John McDonnell were called for interview after a pro-Palestine protest in London earlier this year. Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025
Factionalism played a role in Labour’s election defeat Letters: The party’s Forde report showed that tension between pro- and anti-Corbynites scuppered its chances in 2017, writes John Maher, while Geoff Booth says it still won 40% of the vote The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2025
Is John McDonnell’s criticism of Keir Starmer’s Labour fair? Letters: Readers respond to the former Labour MP’s attack on the government for not being sufficiently radical The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025
Reform’s threat to the mainstream parties is unique in UK political history Labour’s former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has declared that Keir Starmer’s government has driven “a knife into the heart of what I believed Labour stood for” and called for party members, unions and MPs to take back control. The Conversation · May 30, 2025
'Political incompetence': Labour veteran John McDonnell calls for grassroots challenge to Keir Starmer's government John McDonnell, who was suspended from the party last year for voting to scrap the two child benefit cap, accused the Prime Minister of ‘callousness and political incompetence’ Evening Standard · May 29, 2025
Labour officials 'fighting like rats in a sack' over Keir Starmer succession, MP says A SUSPENDED Labour MP has called for a grassroots leadership challenge to Keir Starmer’s government ... The National (Scotland) · May 29, 2025
John McDonnell calls for grassroots leadership challenge to Starmer government In opinion piece for the Guardian, former shadow chancellor says party members, unions and MPs should ‘take back control’ The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2025
Starmer and co are trashing Labour’s legacy. We must take back control of our party – before it’s too late Today’s government is unrecognisable from the party I joined as a young man. If we don’t act now, it might be lost for ever, says independent MP John McDonnell The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2025
Keir Starmer hit by growing backlash for 'island of strangers' warning on immigration to Britain London MPs have heavily criticised the Prime Minister over his language Evening Standard · May 13, 2025
David Lammy 'must explain if he misled us on Israel arms exports', MPs say DOZENS of MPs have called for Foreign Secretary David Lammy to face parliament over allegations he “misled” the public about Labour allowing… The National (Scotland) · May 9, 2025
UK sent Israel thousands of military items despite export ban, study finds Trade data analysis shows British firms have exported items including munitions since suspension of key licences The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025
Labour alienated its core and failed to attract Reform voters. Now will Starmer change tack? The local elections showed that voters feel betrayed. But in a party that brooks no dissent, that message isn’t getting through, says independent MP John McDonnell The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2025
Minister: Significant progress made to clear rubbish from Birmingham’s streets The Conservatives pressed communities minister Jim McMahon to ‘rule out the humiliation of service personnel ever having to collect refuse’. Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2025 This government has one last chance to take a progressive path. Otherwise, we’re at the point of no return In her spring statement, I urge Rachel Reeves to look beyond short-term economic stability – and towards tackling long-term inequality, says former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell
The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025 Minister defending Labour’s £5bn benefits cuts admits he couldn’t live on £70 a week Hitting back at left-wing Labour critics of the government, Torsten Bell accuses them of ‘defending a Tory system’
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2025 John McDonnell accuses ministers of lacking empathy over benefit cuts Former shadow chancellor also says he is surprised at how poorly government has handled lead-up to policy changes
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2025 Benefits cuts now? What’s the point of a Labour MP who votes for something so cruel, tin-eared and short-sighted? Treating disabled and sick people callously flies in the face of all the party stands for – the government must rethink its plans, writes the MP John McDonnell
The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2025 Advice to Keir Starmer: stop the fawning over Trump. Then help plan for a better world without him We need a ‘coalition of the willing’ capable of bringing together those in Europe and the global south. Britain should facilitate that, says former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025 Anneliese Dodds: soft-left intellectual pushed to resign over Starmer’s slide right Prime minister’s cuts to overseas aid was last straw for capable politician who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow Treasury team
Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025 Starmer pressed in the Commons to secure release of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been detained in Egypt since 2019 and was sentenced to five years in prison in 2021 after being accused of spreading fake news.
Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2025 Met Police ready as mass Pro-Palestine march and counter protest to take place at US embassy Organisers set to accuse Donald Trump of wanting to ‘ethnically cleanse’ Gazans
The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2025 Labour restores whip to three more MPs who opposed two-child benefit cap Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Richard Burgon suspended last July for backing SNP amendment to king’s speech
The National (Scotland) · Feb 5, 2025 Suspended Labour MPs left to learn of extended punishments through media TWO of the seven Labour MPs suspended from the party due to their opposition to the UK Government’s two-child benefit cap have found out that they…
Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025 Met Police spends over £53 million on pro-Palestine protests ‘instead of fighting crime’ in London Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley believes resources would be better used to combat phone snatches and violent crime