by Seema Malhotra MP | Jan 23, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
May should not turn her back on the option of membership of a reformed single market, writes Seema Malhotra MP Theresa May’s speech at Lancaster House last week fired the starting gun on the Brexit. In her speech, she accepted many of the recommendations of the first...
by Karen Buck MP | Jan 23, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
A hard Brexit would not be in the interest of London – or the country, argues Karen Buck MP People may often determine how they vote after a rational assessment of whether the party or proposal in front of them will leave them better off, but the events of 2016 acted...
by Jenny Marra MSP | Jan 23, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
With Brexit and the possibility of a second independence referendum looming, Scottish Labour has never been more needed, argues Jenny Marra MSP The first minister of Scotland has a big issue on her mind this weekend. How should she play the increasingly difficult...
by Bex Bailey | Jan 23, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
#womensmarch sent a message to world leaders everywhere that women will not back down, writes Bex Bailey As Donald Trump settled in to the Oval Office on Saturday, millions of people worldwide took to the streets to march for women’s rights. In London, Labour...
by Richard Angell | Jan 20, 2017 | The Last Word
Byelection dates confirmed in Copeland and Stoke, Trump confirmed as president, and Theresa May’s ‘hard Brexit’ speech – Richard Angell looks at the events of the week The writ will be put down for both Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent Central on Monday...
by Ben Gartside | Jan 20, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Rumours suggest the Stoke byelection will see new Ukip leader Paul Nuttall stand. Ben Gartside looks at the challenge he poses to Labour Areas like Stoke are synonymous with Labour, and for a good reason: since the Stoke-on-Trent Central seat was established in 1950,...
by Ella Crine | Jan 20, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Donald Trump cannot belittle the hard won rights that John Lewis and his colleague fought so hard for, writes Ella Crine At the end of the film ‘Selma’, we discover that the brave young boy who marches with the great Martin Luther King to the eponymous town goes on to...
by Joe Carberry | Jan 20, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
There are options for Labour – it must now pick an approach to Brexit, writes Joe Carberry Labour’s response to Theresa May’s plan for hard Brexit has been confused –both opposing it and seemingly claiming credit for it. This is an unsustainable contortion. But this...
by Lucy Powell MP | Jan 19, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Ensuring flexible working conditions for fathers is crucial for social mobility, argues Lucy Powell The old saying goes that behind every successful man was a good woman. Now though, the inverse is often true. Behind most successful working mums is a dad doing their...
by Dom Anderson | Jan 19, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Voters will see policies like the wage cap as embracing the politics of envy – and they will never forgive us for it, writes Dom Anderson Last week I waited for the fabled Jeremy Corbyn relaunch with trepidation, I wondered quite how someone who has so far proven so...
