The DWP forced over 680,000 people to pay for its own mistakes. Now campaigners want the law changed Exclusive: The DWP must ‘take responsibility’ for its mistakes, campaigners say The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025
Reeves plans £160 billion business boost by changing pension fund rules The prime minister and chancellor are loosening the rules on how pension funds invest, allowing them to plough surplus funds into the wider economy The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025
Why disunity on the left spells trouble for Labour Letters: A breakaway party of Labour leftists would only benefit the far right, warns Dr Anthony Isaacs. Plus letters from Andrew Shepherd, David Howard and Bruce Henderson The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024
Warnings AI tools used by government on UK public are ‘racist and biased’ Transparency campaigners welcome government move to publish details of system algorithms The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
Who are the key people inside Labour’s leadership team? The chiefs of staff, special advisers and policy strategists guiding Keir Starmer’s new government The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024
After 14 years in opposition, Labour’s cabinet will be inexperienced – is that a problem? It’s 100 years since the Labour party took office for the first time, back then with a minority government. Now, in 2024, it looks set to win an election with what will possibly the largest majority in history. The Conversation · Jun 26, 2024
There’s nothing undemocratic about a large Labour majority – in fact, managed properly, it could provide the space for serious debate In the final stage of the 2024 election campaign, the Conservatives have turned to scaremongering about the size of the Labour majority thought to be on the cards after July 4. The Conversation · Jun 24, 2024
Diane Abbott backed to be MP by Angela Rayner and union bosses in growing storm for Keir Starmer Party is racing to fill a national list of would-be MPs by June 7 after Rishi Sunak called a snap election Evening Standard · May 30, 2024
Diane Abbott vows to stay on as MP as Labour descends into chaos over botched suspension Diane Abbott spoke to supporters at rally outside Hackney Town Hall on Wednesday evening The Independent UK · May 29, 2024
Diane Abbott’s chances of getting whip back appear remote despite Hester row Senior figures including deputy leader want to see MP back in fold but Starmer is firm that he does not want to ‘conflate’ issues The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2024
Parliament after next general election will be most diverse ever, analysis shows Record number of female and ethnic minority MPs expected to sit in Commons according to study of candidate selections The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024
Charity warns Alex Chalk to act over legal aid for immigration and asylum Lord chancellor failing to carry out duty on provision of services in England and Wales, says Public Law Project The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2023
Lord Haworth obituary Senior Labour official and historian who was instrumental in the party’s general election victory in 1997 The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023
Starmer ally says Labour may have to keep ‘lots of bad policies’ in power Labour leader faces fury over plan to uphold Tory two-child benefit cap – as four Labour mayors join rebellion The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2023 Champagne with Rupert Murdoch … Keir Starmer’s Labour is preparing for power The party is courting business and winning the media magnate’s ear, but team Starmer is at pains to show they take nothing for granted on the road to No 10
The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2023 Labour MPs turn against Starmer as they condemn ‘brutal’ Sunak attack ads Exclusive: Senior Labour MP Barry Gardiner lashes out at ‘descent into gutter’ ahead of PLP contfrontation
The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2023 ‘We needed a massive amount of resilience’: the female Labour MPs from the class of ’87 At the general election that year, the number of women in the Commons jumped to (an albeit still tiny) 41. Some talk about the sexism – and the solidarity
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Keir Starmer tells Labour the party must set out winning vision for government The party leader was addressing the Parliamentary Labour Party in Westminster for the first time since the turn of the year.
Fortune · Nov 22, 2022 Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's extravagant penthouse lifestyle in the Bahamas, where the T-shirt-clad FTX founder lived like royalty The FTX founder created a gilded and connected life in the island paradise.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022 Sam Tarry’s deselection is just one part of a bigger shakeup of the Labour party A reported change in strategy is allowing Keir Starmer to shape the party in his image, says Elliot Chappell of LabourList
Salon · Oct 6, 2022 Right's new slur: "Child abduction" A student-led group in Virginia promised to protect trans kids. That sparked a massive right-wing freakout
The National (Scotland) · Oct 3, 2022 Constitutional crisis as UK Government blocks Bermuda's cannabis bill BERMUDA is facing a constitutional crisis after the UK Government refused to give royal assent to a bill looking to legalise cannabis in the island…
Bangkok Post · Sep 29, 2022 Unsafe products: Liability under Thailand's product liability law Impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic have led some manufacturers to reduce costs by changing production methods, designs or machinery or reducing the number of employees on payroll. While these strategies may reduce costs and help their business survive, they may also result in lower quality goods. In the worst case,…
Reuters · Sep 21, 2022 Bermuda premier faces party leadership challenge Bermuda Premier David Burt faces the first major challenge to his leadership of the British island territory's ruling center-left Progressive Labour Party (PLP) after his former finance minister said he would contest the role.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2022 Starmer allies reject claims leftwingers blocked from standing for Labour Party figures understood to have urged leader to rein in acolytes after candidates from left excluded from longlists