2+ day, 23+ 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, 23+ 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…...

3+ day, 5+ 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…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (242+ words) Andy Burnham’s pledge to the country is “good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart”. What would this look like in practice? The answer lies in the economic success stories of British companies – small, medium and large – across…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (859+ words) ‘As Israel invokes Balfour, Britain’s Palestine record demands an answer’ LabourList I have written in these pages that Britain’s calls for peace in Palestine will ring hollow until we are willing to account for our own part in creating the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (186+ words) LabourList, in partnership with Cavendish Consulting, has interviewed Scottish Labour leadership candidates Michael Marra MSP and Joe Fagan MSP about their campaigns for the party leadership. LabourList editor Emma Burnell sat down with both candidates in Edinburgh this month to…...

6+ day, 5+ hour 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, 19+ 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, 21+ 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   (317+ words) Every year, the state must rent thousands of homes for people in desperate need. Councils are required to find temporary accommodation for those at risk of homelessness. The Home Office needs properties for destitute asylum seekers awaiting a decision. Homes…...