2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (843+ words) Clause IV, Labour Party Rule Book That the welfare system doesn’t work is not a controversial thing to say. Claimants will tell you that the system is broken and politicians of all stripes will tell you that we are paying…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (305+ words) Darren Jones has spoken exclusively to LabourList in his first full-length interview since leaving the government in July. The former Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister held a key role serving in Keir Starmer’s government following the 2024 General Election. After…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (559+ words) The Prime Minister has made clear that his premiership will mark a circuit breaker for Britain, to bring forward the biggest and most hopeful changes to our political and economic model in over 40 years. Nowhere is this needed more than…...

6+ day, 14+ min ago   (408+ words) Every generation is told that its world is uniquely dangerous. The honest truth is that danger is more or less a constant, and that what changes is its shape, its speed and the route it takes to reach us. Since…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (613+ words) Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your own views here. The cost of living crisis hasn’t gone away. We have to accelerate the switch away from fossil fuels as…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (552+ words) What would a more ambitious approach to nature recovery look like? Well, in some parts of Britain, it could mean bringing back an animal that has been absent from our woodlands for hundreds of years. The idea of reintroducing the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (348+ words) As I entered Parliament yesterday morning, I did so with the feeling of renewal. The return from recess was reminiscent of that feeling you got when you returned to school from the summer holidays. Another year older, with a touch…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (980+ words) A week is a long time in politics. And it’s been a long year since we were last at Conference. With a new Leader, a new Cabinet and a completely different political world, there’s a lot to catch up on....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (345+ words) As MPs return from recess to the corridors of Westminster, Burnham will address the Commons for the first time from the front bench in 16 years. He will use the occasion to put public control of public services at the heart…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (485+ words) Former Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced he will stand down as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. Starmer, who stood down as Prime Minister in July, had served as an MP since 2015 and became shadow immigration minister and…...