Labour Party

What the right wing papers and the far left think doesn’t matter, but a hurting public’s judgement counts

The one thing you can rely on at party get-togethers is lots of booze

UK government debt is set to treble catastrophically in the next 50 years. Can Labour do anything about it?

It is part of Labour's challenge to make sure the public never forget this reality

That Keir Starmer has been letting a millionaire buy him and his wife clothes is not some life-shattering betrayal, but it is a betrayal nonetheless

Labour could have made a much better argument over the scrapping of the winter fuel allowance. But it didn’t. Big mistake

Everyone wants to regulate lobbying – even the lobbyists. Why won’t Labour do it?

The end of no fault evictions is music to the ears

If Labour does bring in a smoking ban in beer gardens, how many non-smokers will start using them again?

Starmer’s decision to cut heating benefits for pensioners is woeful politics, and Labour MPs are in despair

Labour has inherited a jails crisis. Its short-term decision to release prisoners will be unpopular. The long-term answer might be even more so

Jonathan Reynolds’ reaction to business and trade questions mark an important turning point

Keir Starmer pledged no tax rises for working people, yet that’s impossible. Unless, of course, he drops his red lines on the single market and customs union

How a biographer’s aside, the Mail’s performative outrage and the BBC’s cowardice led to a media storm over a portrait of Mrs Thatcher

The idea of a Trump victory that forces Ukraine to settle with Putin is too vile to contemplate

Our armed forces are not fit for purpose. Here’s how to fix them

If Rachel Reeves wants to be a truly reforming chancellor, she should embrace a more radical approach to accounting

Labour should work with the Lib Dems and Greens to help stop polarisation and public apathy

There is no good reason for banning cigarettes outside pubs while allowing them on the pavement next door

Political parties belong to activists as much as they do to leaders

The same tax rate for earnings and wealth would be a seismic change that raised billions

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has some tough decisions to make in October’s budget, but has options to achieve growth and avoid austerity

The public is sick of political in-fighting, so Keir Starmer must clamp down on No.10 leaks

It’s time Labour did something big and transformative to save us from a news cycle of misery

The government has demonstrated a conviction that dangerous behaviour has to have consequences

No government in half a century has built 300,000 homes every year, but that’s what Labour wants to do now

New polls suggest support for the PM’s softly-softly stance on Europe – but for how long?

Thank goodness the hereditary peers are going – some claimed huge expenses and gave almost nothing in return

If Labour fails in its declared missions, the Conservatives could have another chance – but not if they veer to the right

It makes the country richer, culturally and economically. Now’s the time to say so

The government says it’s levelling with us on the economy - so why not on the truth about a scheme demonised by Brexiteers?