Sir Keir Starmer appeared on “The Andrew Marr Show” this morning, with the ongoing Labour conference in Brighton providing the backdrop. As expected, Sir Keir was met with a barrage of questions, touching on Labour policy and his own personal philosophy. But arguably the most difficult questions focussed on Starmer’s leadership style. Questions over leadership…
It has been reported that Keir Starmer will abandon proposed reforms to Labour’s electoral college. Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner brushed off the perceived U-turn in an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live this morning, stating such debates are part of the “normal hum and buzz” of conference, adding: “We [Labour] like a good argy…
Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ program on Friday, transport secretary Grant Shapps reaffirmed the government’s line that ongoing labour shortages are “a distribution issue”. Pointing to how the market was working to solve the shortage of drivers, Shapps commented, “A lot of people are coming into the market…. There is a lot of…
Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has accused Labour leader Keir Starmer of a ‘grubby and dishonest’ approach over his plans to reverse the one-person-one-vote system for leadership elections. The party has used this system for leadership elections since Ed Miliband’s 2015 reforms, which were largely seen as responsible for moving the party to the left…
A Labour MP has said that the party must clarify their policy on gender self-identification. The Sunday Times reported that Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield pulled out of the party’s annual conference in Brighton this week, citing threats of violence from transgender activists. Talking about the possibility of discussing the issue with Labour leader, Sir Keir…
The leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, has apparently written a 14,000 word essay about the future of the Labour Party. The length of this piece got us at Politics.co.uk thinking back to some other seminal political works written over the years. Could we see future politicians waving Starmer’s ‘Future of Labour’? The post…
The Labour party will debate Proportional Representation (PR) for UK general elections at its annual conference this month, following a huge show of support for change by the party’s grassroots supporters. A total of 143 local parties submitted motions to conference on PR, almost as many as submitted motions on Brexit at the 2018 conference.…
A Labour government would ban zero hour contracts, increase the minimum wage, and introduce guaranteed sick pay, Sir Keir Starmer has vowed in his speech to the Trade Unions Congress this morning. Arguing that to raise a family people need jobs with “security and certainty”, he said Labour would ban zero hours contracts and replace…
