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Rayner acknowledges ‘anger’ over gifts as row threatens to overshadow conference

The Deputy Prime Minister rejected claims of dysfunction within Number 10 centred on chief of staff Sue Gray.

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2024

Remaining hereditary peers to be kicked out of House of Lords within months

The government committed before the general election to abolish the right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024

UK Government set to bring in bill to remove hereditary peers from Lords

THE UK Government will begin the process of removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, as it introduces legislation to reform the upper…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 5, 2024

Historians of the Labour party put Britain’s new government into context

The coming of a new Labour government is a moment to take stock. Are there things that the new administration can learn from previous Labour governments? Is it true, as David Cameron claimed in 2009, that Labour governments always run out of money?

The Conversation · Jul 29, 2024

Taxing the rich could solve many problems. Why is it so difficult in the UK?

Making billionaires pay their fair share into state coffers would allow Starmer’s government to effect real change, but soaking the rich is a hard sell for voters

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024

The Guardian view on Labour’s rebellion: removing the whip is a step too far

Editorial: A continuous demonstration of intra-party unity and loyalty to the party leader won’t solve Britain’s problems

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024

Labour put ‘safe’ seats at risk to target marginals. It paid off – but there’s a cost

The party’s landslide victory on only 34% of the vote was a masterpiece of electoral Jenga. But the taller the tower, the weaker the base, writes Robert Ford

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024

Keir Starmer: three warnings from history for Labour’s seventh British prime minister

When teaching British political history, I usually stress two points. First, the British Conservative Party have been among the most successful office-seeking parties in electoral history. Second, British Labour struggles mightily to obtain power. Both throw into relief the earth-shattering nature of this landslide win for Keir Starmer’s Labour party.

The Conversation · Jul 5, 2024

From Baldwin to Blair and more: the biggest landslides in British election history

With Labour predicted to win by a historic margin, here are some of the most dramatic victories of previous times

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024

All Change? Labour Tipped To Oust Tories At UK Election

Britain looks likely to see a change of government this week, swinging leftwards back to the centre ground and the Labour party after 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule.

International Business Times · Jul 3, 2024