What to expect from the final day of Labour Conference 2016 September 28, 2016 It's the final day of Labour Conference 2016 – here's what's likely to happen as newly re-elected leader Jeremy Corbyn takes to the stage to address his party of opposition. It's the final day of #labour party conference, so here's a final update from Liverpool ahead of Jeremy Corbyn's big speech #Lab16 pic.twitter.com/ozu0v0FYDr — Mark [...]
Andy Burnham will today tell Labour members to fight for a “fair Brexit” September 28, 2016 Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham is to call on Labour MPs to fight for a “fair Brexit”, accusing Theresa May of following a hard-line, right-wing agenda. Speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Burnham will today say that May has positioned herself to the right of Leave campaigners. “By rejecting a points-based system, failing [...]
Jeremy Corbyn is to demand an end to “trench warfare” within Labour September 27, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn will tomorrow tell Labour members to end “trench warfare” within the party, warning of the risks of an early general election. Addressing the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Corbyn is expected to demand MPs and party members rally around his leadership and focus on fighting the Conservatives. It comes at the end of [...]
Tom Watson tells Labour to move on from Miliband’s predators business analogy September 27, 2016 Five years after then Labour leader Ed Miliband labelled some businesses as "predators" Tom Watson has called on the party to change its attitude to big business. Speaking at the Labour party conference centre in Liverpool, Watson, who serves as Jeremy Corbyn's deputy, said Labour had failed to move on from former leader Ed Miliband's infamous comparison of [...]
Single Market membership is not a realistic goal for the UK says shadow chancellor John McDonnell September 27, 2016 Hopes of retaining the UK's Single Market membership are not realistic according to shadow chancellor John McDonnell. Speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, McDonnell said that while Labour would like to retain membership, it considered negotiated access to be a more likely result in the aftermath of Brexit. "At the moment we are [...]
Sadiq Khan has issued a coded warning to his Labour colleagues, demanding the party seeks power September 27, 2016 London mayor Sadiq Khan has told the Labour party conference that while the leadership contest is over, the party must now seek power. Speaking in Liverpool, Khan listed achievements of Labour administrations, including his own in London, and argued the party's failure to achieve better results was allowing numbers of affordable homes built to to fall, and [...]
Labour donor John Mills has warned the party is lacking a “credible” economic policy September 27, 2016 Labour donor John Mills has warned Jeremy Corbyn’s party faces dramatic electoral losses without a more fleshed out economic policy to lure support. Speaking at the Labour party conference in Liverpool today, Mills said the party is failing to develop policies to tackle low wage growth following a leadership contest focused on “battles largely irrelevant to [...]
Jeremy Corbyn has named a new shadow City minister, recruiting an MP who previously resigned in protest over his leadershp September 26, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is set to rebuild his front bench with the appointment of a new shadow City minister. City A.M. understands that business, innovation and skills (BIS) committee member Jonathan Reynolds will be handed the role, replacing Richard Burgon, who was promoted to shadow justice minister during the summer. The appointment is the first [...]
Theresa May is more interested in migration targets than a Brexit deal says senior Labour MP September 26, 2016 The chair of Labour’s Progress, a centre-left campaign group, has launched a stinging attack on Theresa May, arguing her focus on a “sustainable” net migration target is limiting the ability to secure the best possible Brexit deal. Since coming to power, May has retained a target of reducing net migration to below 100,000, first launched [...]
The Tories are on track for a 70 seat majority according to new polling stats September 26, 2016 Theresa May's Conservatives would dramatically boost their majority to more than 70 seats in a general election according to new polling figures. The Conservatives led Labour by 10 points in an online survey conducted last week by pollsters Survation. The firm revealed the stats at a fringe event hosted by LabourList at the party conference in Liverpool, [...]
