‘Covid corruption commissioner’ would seek to recoup lost billions, says Labour Exclusive: Rachel Reeves announces plans for powerful watchdog to recover taxpayer cash lost to waste and fraud The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023
Ed Miliband to announce Labour plan to boost energy independence and cut bills Exclusive: Party says bill would enable UK electricity system to be fully based on clean power by 2030 The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023
‘Our CEO has chancellors on speed-dial’: Martha Lane Fox, British Chambers of Commerce president The crossbench peer is keen to show she’s not profiting from the CBI’s woes, but working to get her organisation into pole position for the general election The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023
Keir Starmer’s dilemma over economy: should he sell voters security or change? Cautious Labour approach at conference has risks yet something more transformative may raise concerns about trust The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023
Labour sets target of 1.5m new homes over five years Keir Starmer says Labour will challenge planning laws and review rules on building on green belt The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023
Starmer will reverse Rwanda policy even if flights start and small boats decline Sir Keir says Tory asylum plan will not work – and vows economic growth ‘within months’ of Labour government The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2023
Starmer tells Sunak to ‘bring it on’ as he announces £1.5billion plan to tackle NHS waiting lists Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party was not complacent ahead of the general election expected next year Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2023
Starmer tells Sunak ‘bring it on’ as Labour conference gets under way Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party was not complacent ahead of the general election expected next year. The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023
Starmer pledges to ‘drain the swamp’ of hate and inequality Sir Keir Starmer said his party would deliver ‘the reward of reform’ by changing the way violence against women and girls was addressed. The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023
Labour warned poll lead more fragile than it seems as Tory unpopularity ‘not enough’ to win election Keir Starmer warned not to be complacent on eve of Labour conference The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023
Who’s who in Keir Starmer’s reshaped top team? A look at the key people advising, influencing and masterminding the Labour leader’s bid to become PM The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2023
‘A party for all businesses’: how Labour is courting industry Firms rush to Liverpool conference as party launches City-friendly policies – and secures wealthy donors The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2023
Labour’s Rachel Reeves drops flagship business announcement after Hunt intervenes Chancellor Jeremy Hunt personally told the firms not to get involved with advisory council The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2023
Calls for Brexit debate could cause policy row at Labour conference Rachel Reeves’s constituency party among 30 backing a motion on issues including a visa system with the EU The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023 Jeremy Hunt hits back at Labour hypocrisy claims over HS2: ‘How’s Keir?’ Jeremy Hunt previously said going ahead with the high speed rail line was a ‘great decision’ adding: ‘No HS2 = no ambition for our country’
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Ken Loach on retirement and Keir Starmer: ‘It’s good for Labour to be seen to attack me’ The celebrated filmmaker behind ‘Kes’ and ‘I, Daniel Blake’ speaks to James Mottram about the culmination of his unofficial trilogy of films about modern Britain, his expulsion from the Labour Party, and who he’ll vote for come election time
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023 Labour backs down from plan to strip private schools of charitable status Party says policy of charging fee-paying schools VAT remains, and ‘doesn’t require’ removing status
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023 Conservative peer says party does not deserve to win next election Lord Harris, who donated £5,000 to Labour’s Rachel Reeves, criticises Tories over lack of ‘clear vision’
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023 Conservatives don’t ‘deserve’ to govern, says Tory donor who gives money to Rachel Reeves Carpetright founder Lord Harris says Rishi Sunak’s party don’t ‘deserve to get back in power’
The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023 Labour on hiring spree across Whitehall in preparation for government Exclusive: More than a dozen civil servants from different departments have moved to party in past 18 months
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023 Starmer vows more powers for OBR so Truss budget ‘disaster’ never happens again The Labour leader said ministers would be legally bound to consult the official fiscal watchdog on tax and spending changes under his party’s plans.
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023 Starmer defends approach to EU as Tories claim he would ‘unpick’ Brexit Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer insisted his policy was aimed at maintaining standards, something the Government had also committed to.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2023 Two-thirds of people do not trust Tories on environment, poll finds – as it happened Ipsos poll carried out after Rishi Sunak U-turn on net zero policies also evenly split on whether policy shift was correct
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023 Labour rejects claims it wants to ‘unpick Brexit’ after Starmer EU comments The Labour leader told a conference in Canada ‘we don’t want to diverge’ from European Union standards.
Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2023 Labour says budget watchdog won’t be ‘gagged’ in future after disastrous Truss tenure Planned boost to OBR’s powers outlined a year on from the Truss-Kwarteng mini-budget