Peers to mount fresh offensive to halt assisted dying bill More than half of the 942 amendments have been tabled by seven lords in move which could filibuster legislation The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025
Neil Kinnock backs Lucy Powell in Labour deputy leadership race The result of the contest to replace Angela Rayner will be announced on October 25. Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2025
The Guardian view on Welsh politics: a new era threatens to leave Labour out in the cold Editorial: After enjoying unparalleled political hegemony in Wales for over a hundred years, the party of Aneurin Bevan and Neil Kinnock has lost its way The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025
Rejoin the EU to solve UK’s economic woes and tackle small boats crisis, Kinnock tells Starmer Lord Kinnock says he understands it would not be easy but ‘if we really want sustained economic growth, we have to be part of a body of the single market with our nearest neighbours’ The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2025
Neil Kinnock calls for government to scrap two-child cap on benefits Former Labour leader says rising UK poverty ‘would make Dickens furious’ and calls for wealth tax to help reverse it The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2025
Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock calls for two-child benefit cap to be scrapped Rising levels of poverty ‘would make Charles Dickens furious’, Lord Kinnock said in an interview with the Sunday Mirror. Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2025
Lord Kinnock urges Labour to scrap two-child benefit cap with ‘Robin Hood economics’ Rising levels of poverty ‘would make Charles Dickens furious’, former Labour leader says The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2025
Lord Sawyer obituary Member of Labour’s NEC who understood the need to modernise the party’s culture to reflect the politics of the late 1980s The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025
I changed my mind on banning the bomb, but the threat of nuclear war is growing – and so is complacency Though the weapons I campaigned against remain terrifying, I doubt we can disarm unilaterally. That should be the stuff of vital debate: right now, it isn’t, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025
Zarah Sultana reveals what she wants new political party with Jeremy Corbyn to be called Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has said the new group will only boost Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK parties The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025
Jeremy Corbyn confirms plan to create new political party with Zarah Sultana Ex-Labour leader said it was ‘time for a new kind of political party’ to take on Starmer – but Labour grandee warns it will only help Tories and Reform The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025
Rachel Reeves set to reject calls for wealth tax on super-rich Rachel Reeves is set to reject introducing a wealth tax despite pressure from left-wing MPs in the Labour Party The National (Scotland) · Jul 21, 2025
Starmer braced for fresh rebellion over reforms to special needs support It comes after Bridget Phillipson refused to rule out scrapping key documents that parents rely on to guarantee specialist help for their children The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025
‘Enemies of Labour’ to benefit from Corbyn-led party, says peer IN FULL The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025
Evening Standard · Jul 6, 2025 Any breakaway party should be called ‘Farage assistance group’ – Lord Kinnock The former Labour leader said any ‘splintering’ of the party would ‘only be of assistance to the enemies of Labour’.
Evening Standard · Jul 6, 2025 Labour policies ‘obscured’ by rows over welfare and winter fuel – Lord Kinnock The week of Sir Keir Starmer’s first anniversary in Number 10 saw the Prime Minister scrap a raft of the Government’s proposed welfare reforms.
The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2025 Corbyn and Sultana’s new breakaway party will only boost Nigel Farage, Neil Kinnock warns Lord Kinnock said the new party should be called the ‘Farage assistance group’
The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2025 Keir Starmer should be bold and consider a wealth tax, Neil Kinnock says Former Labour leader says government needs a better narrative and risks being bogged down by ‘imposed limitations’
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2025 After a year studying Starmer, I can tell you that he is at once a very kind man and a ruthless one Those around the Labour leader operate with the knowledge that everyone is expendable and no one is safe, says journalist and author Anushka Asthana
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025 Voices: Look away, Sir Keir! Labour’s bible has given its verdict on you COMMENT: The New Statesman’s new editor is a critical friend of the prime minister – very critical, as it turns out, writes John Rentoul (a former deputy editor of the magazine)
The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2025 Peter Taaffe obituary Political activist who oversaw an attempt by the Militant tendency to take control of the Labour party
The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2025 When Thatcher took performance lessons from Laurence Olivier, it changed the course of her political destiny The PM’s makeover collaboration was kept a closely guarded secret for fear it would hurt her ‘ordinary housewife’ image, says writer and broadcaster Tim Walker
The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025 Starmer should end UK’s ‘cycle of hesitation’ with EU, says Neil Kinnock Former Labour leader says government should show greater willingness to work with bloc
Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025 Peter Mandelson, our man in Washington: an 'absolute moron' or ruthlessly effective 'prince of darkness'? “Absolute moron” or ruthlessly effective “prince of darkness”? It’s safe to say that our new man in Washington divides opinion — almost as much as the president to whom he’ll be paying court.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2025 Letters: Andrew Bennett obituary Neil Kinnock writes: Andrew Bennett was an independently minded democratic socialist with strong environmental credentials and a dry sense of humour