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  • Labour conference: Starmer finds his feet in a bid to look prime ministerial

    Labour conference speech

    British people weren’t done with queuing today. They politely stood in line to enter the main hall at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool to hear Keir Starmer’s speech. There was, in fact, a queue for the queue to see Starmer, a feat the opposition party might’ve only dreamed of this time last year.  The [...]

  • Labour accused of ‘demonising landlords’ and saying ‘rent is optional’ with new charter

    renters charter

    Labour has been accused of “demonising all landlords” with proposals set to be unveiled today for the private rented sector.  Keir Starmer’s party is due to announce a series of pledges today according to the Mirror, with shadow communities, levelling up and housing secretary Lisa Nandy making a speech at its annual conference this afternoon.  [...]

  • Attention turns to Starmer as Labour conference kicks off tomorrow

    STARMER

    Attention has turned to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer as the party’s annual conference kicks off tomorrow. Taking place in Liverpool from Sunday until Wednesday, the conference will provide an opportunity for Starmer to assert himself as the next prime minister. Supporters hope Starmer will use the meeting to mark the stark divide between his [...]

  • Birmingham gets its first black MP as Paulette Hamilton wins Erdington by-election for Labour

    March 4, 2022

    Paulette Hamilton overcame personal tragedy to become the country’s newest MP by winning the Birmingham Erdington by-election for Labour. The Labour candidate’s father died at the start of the campaign and she thanked party leader Sir Keir Starmer for his “endless support” during the emotional by-election contest. The victory saw her increase Labour’s vote share [...]

  • 100 Tory seats at risk: Voters abandon Boris Johnson en masse as Keir Starmer makes Red Wall comeback and leads nationwide

    January 2, 2022

    A majority of Brits doubt Boris Johnson will be Prime Minister this time next year, as Keir Starmer has won voters’ hearts back in the Red Wall, according to a new poll. The Deltapoll survey of the 57 constituencies the Tories gained in the 2019 General Election, most of which could be considered part of [...]

  • Labour member claims she faced abuse by fellow delegate in toilets at conference venue

    September 28, 2021

    A Labour member claims she was subjected to transphobic abuse in a toilet at the venue for the party’s conference in Brighton. Cries of “shame” were heard in the conference hall in Brighton today after Councillor Patricia Hannah-Wood, of Pendle Labour Party, said she had been abused by a fellow delegate. She delegates: “On Sunday [...]

  • Jealousy drove Labour MP Claudia Webbe to threaten partner’s friend with revenge porn

    September 27, 2021

    Labour MP Claudia Webbe allegedly made a string of phone calls to a women in a campaign of harassment between September and April last year. The MP threatened to send naked pictures of 59-year-old Michelle Merritt to her family because she was jealous of her friendship with her partner, a court heard today. During one, [...]

  • Slap £1.7bn in taxes on private schools to pay for state education, says Keir Starmer

    September 26, 2021

    A Keir Starmer government would slap a £1.7bn tax burden on private schools in order to pay for state education, the Labour Leader has said. The opposition leader told the Sunday Mirror he wanted to see a “rethink” on education and said the pandemic has increased the gap between children of wealthy and poor families. [...]

  • Energy industry questions Labour’s ‘exceedingly ambitious’ zero-carbon plan

    October 24, 2019

    Senior figures in the UK energy industry have cast doubt upon a Labour party-backed report setting out the “most radical feasible pathway” to reach zero-carbon by 2030. The report, commissioned on the back of this year’s Labour party conference, said the move would require £150bn in up-front capital, followed by investment of 2% GDP each [...]

  • Businesses don’t need Labour to adopt a more flexible work week

    October 3, 2019

    Labour’s pledge at its party conference to introduce a four-day working week on five-day’s pay has grabbed headlines and been greeted with concern in some quarters and optimism in others. Questions abound from journalists and employers alike. How could this be achieved? Would it mean shutting offices and factories for a three-day weekend? How much [...]

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