Election 2024: ‘Leaders are temporary’ – Starmer defends prior Corbyn support June 25, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer has defended his support for former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, insisting “leaders are temporary but parties are permanent”.
Election 2024: Labour outweighing Tories on campaign donations, data finds June 23, 2024 Labour are significantly outweighing the Tories on campaign donations, data from the Electoral Commission has revealed.
Election 2024: Benefits ‘less dignified’ than work, Starmer toughens welfare line June 23, 2024 State handouts don’t deliver the “same sense of self-reliant dignity as a fair wage”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he toughens his party’s line on welfare.
Election 2024: Five takeaways from the BBC Question Time leaders special June 20, 2024 We watched Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak getting a grilling from the BBC Question Time audience so you didn't have to. Read our top takeaways here.
Worst (political) jargon of the week: The ‘working people’ June 20, 2024 Working people. What does it mean? People who work – GOTCHA. It can’t be that simple and sure enough, it isn't.
Election 2024: Keir Starmer publishes Labour manifesto for growth June 13, 2024 Kier Starmer has laid out his party's plans for growth.
Labour worked hard to woo business, but now comes the real test June 13, 2024 The Tory party manifesto, undeliverable and shaky though it was on the numbers, did have something going for it. The gradual abolition of national insurance to be replaced with a single income tax; more housebuilding; cutting the time it takes to get spades in the ground on major infrastructure projects. If you take it at [...]
Election 2024: Labour will be ‘partner’ not ‘barrier’ to innovation June 11, 2024 A Labour government will be a “partner that can unlock potential”, not a “barrier” to innovation, shadow minister Peter Kyle has pledged.
Election 2024: Next government must back London as an ‘engine of growth’ June 10, 2024 The next government must back London as an “engine of growth” for the UK, including supporting airport and rail hub expansion, a lobby group is urging.
Election 2024: Labour pledge savings for parents as childcare policies fleshed out June 9, 2024 Free breakfast clubs in primary schools will save parents an annual £400, Labour has said, as the party begins to flesh out its plans for childcare policy.