Labour

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?

16-year-olds can already work, pay tax and join the army. By the next general election, they will also gain the right to vote

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?

The government is facing a difficult journey to build 1.5 million homes. But focusing on homes near rural railway stations and above train lines in cities could offer a platform to build on

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’

The committee’s letter comes as the government’s welfare bill reaches its third reading in parliament and will be subject to another vote

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear
Paul McNamee

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear

A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in helping people out of debt?
Vikki Brownridge

A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in helping people out of debt?

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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?

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?

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’

Keir Starmer might not have ‘rizz’ – but maybe we should give him a chance
Sam Delaney

Keir Starmer might not have ‘rizz’ – but maybe we should give him a chance

Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals to end ‘postcode lottery’, government told
Free school meals

Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals to end ‘postcode lottery’, government told

Politicians need to recognise self-evident truths – or else we risk going deeper into poverty
Gavin Oldham

Politicians need to recognise self-evident truths – or else we risk going deeper into poverty

PIP literally saved my life. Now I fear Labour’s benefit cuts will take it all away
Disability benefits

PIP literally saved my life. Now I fear Labour’s benefit cuts will take it all away

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Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK
Letters

Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK

Inside another week of peril for Thames Water while England drowns in raw sewage
Cat Hobbs

Inside another week of peril for Thames Water while England drowns in raw sewage

Rachel Reeves must seize the opportunity to finally scrap the two-child benefit cap
Moazzam Malik

Rachel Reeves must seize the opportunity to finally scrap the two-child benefit cap

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?
Alex Firth and Michael Garcia Bochenek

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?