Labour

Calls for homeless minister Rushanara Ali to resign over rent hike row
Politics

Calls for homeless minister Rushanara Ali to resign over rent hike row

Reports in the i said Labour MP Ali, who has been homelessness minister since July 2024, gave tenants notice to leave the London townhouse she owns before putting it back on the market for £700 a month more

Suspended MP Brian Leishman: ‘It’s sad there’s no room for Jeremy and Zarah in the Labour Party’
Politics

Suspended MP Brian Leishman: ‘It’s sad there’s no room for Jeremy and Zarah in the Labour Party’

Brian Leishman remains firmly committed to the Labour Party despite his suspension and criticism of the government’s welfare policies, but what does he think of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new endeavour?

Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise?
Mikey Erhardt

Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise?

Mikey Erhardt, policy lead at Disability Rights UK, writes about why the Stephen Timms review of the personal independence payment (PIP) must be used to ensure genuine and positive change for disabled people

Closure of pubs and parks created a ‘tinderbox’ for far-right riots, research says: ‘Hate can fill the void’
UK riots

Closure of pubs and parks created a ‘tinderbox’ for far-right riots, research says: ‘Hate can fill the void’

Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way
Letters

Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way

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Could 16 and 17-year-olds really decide the next election?
Banseka Kayembe

Could 16 and 17-year-olds really decide the next election?

Suspended rebel MP Rachael Maskell: ‘If Labour doesn’t change, I fear where this country is headed’
Politics

Suspended rebel MP Rachael Maskell: ‘If Labour doesn’t change, I fear where this country is headed’

Sky-high bills and sewage at its worst in over a century: What is the future of British water?
Water

Sky-high bills and sewage at its worst in over a century: What is the future of British water?

‘Adults make dumb decisions’: What do teenagers think about lowering the voting age?
Democracy

‘Adults make dumb decisions’: What do teenagers think about lowering the voting age?

Giving 16-year-olds the vote: Will it beat far-right populism or does it play right into Farage’s hands?
Electoral reform

Giving 16-year-olds the vote: Will it beat far-right populism or does it play right into Farage’s hands?

Can building homes around and above railways help get Labour’s housebuilding plan on track?
Housing

Can building homes around and above railways help get Labour’s housebuilding plan on track?

UN committee sounds alarm over Labour’s benefits bill: ‘It should shame the government’
Disability benefits

UN committee sounds alarm over Labour’s benefits bill: ‘It should shame the government’

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear
Paul McNamee

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear

Labour should take a leaf out of Zohran Mamdani’s book and give young people something to vote for
Banseka Kayembe

Labour should take a leaf out of Zohran Mamdani’s book and give young people something to vote for

PIP cuts are paused after ‘shambolic’ series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?
Disability benefits

PIP cuts are paused after ‘shambolic’ series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?

Here’s why 49 Labour MPs still voted against Starmer’s benefits bill: ‘It’s not the Labour way’
Disability benefits

Here’s why 49 Labour MPs still voted against Starmer’s benefits bill: ‘It’s not the Labour way’

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?
Social housing

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?

Absolutely everything you need to know about Labour’s benefits bill, PIP changes and who’s affected
Welfare reform

Absolutely everything you need to know about Labour’s benefits bill, PIP changes and who’s affected

No UK party currently has what it takes to end poverty, research finds: ‘We need a radical rethink’
Exclusive

No UK party currently has what it takes to end poverty, research finds: ‘We need a radical rethink’

I’m a Labour MP and this is why I still can’t support the government’s disability benefits cuts
Cat Eccles MP

I’m a Labour MP and this is why I still can’t support the government’s disability benefits cuts

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?
Disability benefits

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?

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Labour pushes on with ‘catastrophic’ disability benefit cuts: ‘The government is just not listening’
Disability benefits

Labour pushes on with ‘catastrophic’ disability benefit cuts: ‘The government is just not listening’

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: ‘I don’t want to be part of it’
Disability benefits

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: ‘I don’t want to be part of it’

70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under Labour’s cuts than originally expected
Disability benefits

70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under Labour’s cuts than originally expected

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’
Disability benefit cuts

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’