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Local elections: Labour make gains in the Midlands
We’ve been out and about in Derbyshire where a swathe of councils were up for grabs – and the results have echoed the picture across the country – one of Labour gains and Tory losses.
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Local elections: Labour celebrates as Conservative losses mount
Celebrations for Labour and disappointment for the Tories as their losses mounted up by the hour.
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FactCheck: what has Keir Starmer said about Labour’s tuition fees plan?
Keir Starmer says his party wants to “move on”’ from its pledge to abolish university tuition fees in England. FactCheck takes a look.
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Government must ‘step up’ on Sudan, says Labour MP
We spoke to the MP Anna McMorrin who is working on behalf of many of her constituents to get family members in Sudan to safety.
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Gambling industry ‘can’t buy its way out of this problem’, says Labour MP
We spoke to Labour MP Carolyn Harris, who has led calls for tougher gambling regulation, and Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at the free-market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs – who is against new restrictions that could limit how much individuals can gamble.
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Diane Abbott suspended: Labour MP’s letter suggests Jews not subject to same racism as Black people
The veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott has had the party whip suspended over a letter she wrote in a Sunday newspaper in which she suggested Jewish people were not subject to the same racism as Black people.
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‘Wherever there was a fight for equality, Lily Savage was there’: Labour peer and actor Lord Cashman on Paul O’Grady
We spoke to Paul O’Grady’s close friend, the Labour peer and actor Michael Cashman, and asked him how they met.
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Labour to vote on banning Jeremy Corbyn from standing at next election
Labour’s governing body is to vote on banning the party’s former leader Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate.
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Sir Keir Starmer sets out Labour’s plan to tackle crime
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has published his tax returns – showing he paid £118,500 in tax on his capital gains and income over the last two years.
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‘We know where you’re getting your profits from’, says Labour MP to companies mis-selling debt plans
Jackie spoke to the Labour MP Angela Eagle, who is on the Treasury Select Committee and began by asking her why the current regulation of IVAs doesn’t seem to be working?
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‘We’ve seen continued shambles from the Conservatives’ says Labour party chair
We’re joined by the Labour party chair, Anneliese Dodds.
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New asylum law ‘fraught with legal complications’, says Labour MP Diana Johnson
We were joined by Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Labour MP Diana Johnson.
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Labour was looking for Sue Gray’s ‘deep inside knowledge’ on how to make the government work
We spoke to Jill Rutter from the Institute for Government and asked if she thought Sue Gray’s move to the Labour Party means that her previous work as a civil servant would need to be reassessed.
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Rachel Reeves on Labour’s plan for ‘an office for value for money’
Covid fraud and the billions wasted on unused or faulty PPE while Matt Hancock was health secretary are at the top of the Labour party’s justifications for wanting to create an ‘office for value for money’, which could check spending before it happens, not just after like the National Audit Office.
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Labour ‘want to bring taxes down’, Sir Keir Starmer says
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been setting out his mission for Britain to have the highest growth in the G7, warning that on current trajectory we would soon be poorer than Poland. Addressing business leaders, Sir Keir promised that Labour’s model for growth would increase living standards “everywhere, across the country”.