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Labour will support new Brexit deal, Sir Keir Starmer says
Sir Keir Starmer says “when the prime minister puts a deal forward for a vote, Labour will support it”.
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Energy firms should use bumper profits to ‘write off unpaid bills’, Labour MP says
We spoke to Labour MP Darren Jones, who chairs the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.
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Scottish Labour thanks Sturgeon for leadership
Anas Sarwar is Scottish Labour Leader and Douglas Ross is leader of Scottish Conservatives.
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Labour demands investigation into Probation Service risk rating ‘failure’
Labour has demanded an independent investigation into claims that Probation staff are under “pressure” to lower the risk rating of offenders following an exclusive report on our programme.
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Labour calls on Sunak to ‘come clean’ over Nadhim Zahawi tax affairs
Labour has called on Rishi Sunak to “come clean” over Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs – and reveal what he knew about the Conservative party chairman’s settlement with HM Revenue and Customs last October, when Mr Zahawi was given the job.
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Zahawi tax situation is a ‘very murky affair’, Labour says
We spoke to Labour’s shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell.
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Government’s strike law would ‘make situation far worse’, Labour Party chair says
We spoke to Labour Party Chair Anneliese Dodds and began by asking her if Labour’s plan of repealing the government’s anti-strike laws means that her party has fallen into a bit of a political trap?
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Sir Keir Starmer pledges Labour will devolve power and ‘take back control’
In his first major speech of the year, he condemned Rishi Sunak for offering “sticking plaster” solutions.
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Labour unveil plans to abolish the House of Lords
With strikes, the economy, and migration the issues currently dominating political conversation, Labour today tried to throw another into the mix – unveiling a blueprint for constitutional reform which includes the abolition of the House of Lords and devolving more power from Westminster. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the plan, drawn up by former…
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Starmer says Labour’s Chester by-election win ‘clear message’ people want change
The former Chancellor and Health Secretary Sajid Javid has added his name to the list of Conservative MPs who will not be standing at the next election – he did not explain why, but hinted it would “not mark the end of my Parliamentary activity”.
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Increase in benefits can help protect women from sex work says Labour MP
A ban on strip clubs has been announced by Edinburgh Council, which says the venues disempower women. But today the United Sex Workers union began a legal challenge of the decision. The union says it would force over 100 women out of work and potentially into more dangerous situations. We spoke to Labour MP Nadia…
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‘Seemingly lessons haven’t been learned’ after Awaab Ishak died following mould exposure, Rochdale Labour MP says
We spoke to the MP for Rochdale, Tony Lloyd, and asked him what he thought of the shocking images in our report from Rochdale.
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Stop ‘cheap labour’ and ‘immigration dependency’, Starmer tells business leaders
It’s likely that the problems plaguing the British economy will stick around for the next couple of years, and therefore past the next general election.
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Gavin Williamson’s behaviour like ‘gangland TV drama’, Labour says
We were joined by the chair of the Labour Party, Anneliese Dodds MP and Lord Kerslake, a former Head of the Civil Service and now a crossbench Peer who was appointed by Labour to review how it was run.
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Labour MP Christian Matheson resigns after report upheld sexual misconduct allegations
Labour MP Christian Matheson has resigned after a parliamentary report found he made “unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances” towards a junior member of staff.