Labour

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be ‘gift’ to Farage, experts warn
Workers' rights

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be ‘gift’ to Farage, experts warn

Labour’s Employment Rights Bill will become law in the next few weeks. But will it be watered down by ‘pro-business’ amendments after its champion, Angela Rayner, quit government?

‘Soap opera politics?’: Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty
Angela Rayner

‘Soap opera politics?’: Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty

Angela Rayner resigns over £40k stamp duty error. Ed Davey urges focus on disabled families’ struggles, not political soap opera

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill
RENTING

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill

Generation Rent members have called on the embattled housing secretary to introduce measures to curtail record-high rents with the Renters’ Rights Bill set to imminently pass into law

He’ll ‘never be prime minister’, but how will Zack Polanski’s Green Party victory change UK politics?
Politics

He’ll ‘never be prime minister’, but how will Zack Polanski’s Green Party victory change UK politics?

Turns out Nigel Farage isn’t prime minister. So why does he get so much airtime?
Paul McNamee

Turns out Nigel Farage isn’t prime minister. So why does he get so much airtime?

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Labour’s next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people
Welfare

Labour’s next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people

What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain
Asylum hotels

What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain

As number of asylum seekers housed in hotels rises, there’s one thing everyone agrees on
Asylum hotels

As number of asylum seekers housed in hotels rises, there’s one thing everyone agrees on

Keir Starmer, it’s time to face facts and end the two-child limit on benefits
Child poverty

Keir Starmer, it’s time to face facts and end the two-child limit on benefits

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

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’

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?

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’

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

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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?