Don’t listen to the Tories, Britain needs a supermajority June 26, 2024 Labour are set for a baptism of misery, with a host of tough decisions on everything from taxes to the NHS. Just as Boris broke the Brexit deadlock, Starmer will need all his strength to push through the changes this country needs, says Zoe Grunewald Conservative MPs have moved from maintaining that their party can [...]
Election 2024: Labour suspends candidate after Gambling Commission probe June 25, 2024 A Labour candidate has been suspended by the party after the Gambling Commission launched an investigation into him.
‘Moral mission’: Keir Starmer joined by Idris Elba in knife crime crackdown pledge June 25, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer and actor Idris Elba met the families of knife crime victims, as Labour announced its pledge to crackdown on dangerous knives.
Election 2024: ‘Leaders are temporary’ – Starmer defends prior Corbyn support June 25, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer has defended his support for former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, insisting “leaders are temporary but parties are permanent”.
Reform is needed to save the House of Lords from an abuse of patronage June 25, 2024 With ‘gamblegate’ engulfing the Conservatives, City A.M. does not recommend betting on politics. But there’s one outcome of this election that’s a dead cert: a victorious Keir Starmer will swiftly appoint dozens of new peers to nod through his legislation and Rishi Sunak will draw up a resignation honour list cloaking various acolytes in ermine as a [...]
Is Keir Starmer ready to be unpopular? June 25, 2024 Both Starmer and Sunak are pretending that only the other side’s plans will costs us more – neither is being honest about the true scale of the challenges Britain is facing, says Emma Revell One of the most frustrating things about elections, if you’re a political campaigner, is that politicians keep talking about what they [...]
Top economists say Labour will have to raise more taxes if it wins election June 24, 2024 The UK's leading economists widely agree that Labour will put up more taxes if it wins the general election on 4 July, a City A.M. poll suggests, as the party comes under pressure to explain how it will fund its plans.
As the Tories continue to falter, all eyes are firmly on Labour June 24, 2024 It is hardly surprising that eyes have turned to Labour, and what they might be set to do in government if they were to win the election.
Election 2024: Labour outweighing Tories on campaign donations, data finds June 23, 2024 Labour are significantly outweighing the Tories on campaign donations, data from the Electoral Commission has revealed.
Election 2024: Benefits ‘less dignified’ than work, Starmer toughens welfare line June 23, 2024 State handouts don’t deliver the “same sense of self-reliant dignity as a fair wage”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he toughens his party’s line on welfare.