UK Gears Up for Mass Protest Against Banning of Palestine Action
More than 1,600 people have already been arrested, and 1,500 more have pledged to risk arrest on Saturday in London.| Articles – Truthout
More than 1,600 people have already been arrested, and 1,500 more have pledged to risk arrest on Saturday in London.| Articles – Truthout
A personal perspective from Ken Spours. Factionalism, division and failure Political factionalism invariably leads to failure. Even when you think […] The post The New Mainstream: Radical realism to unite a fractured Labour Party and a divided nation appeared first on Compass.| Compass
A popular image hosting website has stopped its services in the UK after regulators threatened a fine.| Express.co.uk
A senior minister has referred to the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, as a “fat bloke in a wetsuit”. Torsten Bell, who serves jointly as a pensions and Treasury minister, delivered the remarks while speaking to a fringe event at Labour Party conference. Bell said: “What Britain needs to tackle [Reform UK leader Nigel] Farage... Read more » The post Labour branded ‘nasty party’ after minister calls Ed Davey ‘fat bloke in wetsuit’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.| Politics.co.uk
Delivering the Robin Cook memorial lecture was one of the greatest privileges of my time in Parliament. But it wasn’t just a privilege – it was a burden too. The name Robin Cook still carries a weight that few in politics today can match. To honour it properly meant going beyond platitudes, to wrestle with... Read more » The post Clive Lewis: ‘Robin Cook showed us politics at its most serious. Labour has lost that balance’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.| Politics.co.uk
Immigrants will be required to meet stricter conditions in order to earn the right to stay in the UK permanently, under a new government crackdown. Labour has announced that a government consultation will be launched on plans to make settlement dependent on paying national insurance, claiming no benefits, learning English to a high standard, volunteering... Read more » The post Immigration crackdown necessary for ‘open, generous, tolerant’ society, Mahmood says appeared first on Politics...| Politics.co.uk
Keir Starmer has been urged to throw his support behind some form of proportional representation (PR) in order to embed Britain’s “progressive majority”. Paul Sweeney, member of the Scottish parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region, warned that without electoral reform, the country could face a “horrendous scenario” leading to the “extinction of the United Kingdom”.... Read more » The post Back electoral reform to embed ‘progressive majority’ and thwart Farage, Starmer urged...| Politics.co.uk
Andy Burnham has vowed to continue the debate he has instigated over the direction of the Labour Party under Keir Starmer’s leadership, in a direct response to his internal critics. In his first major intervention at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, Burnham criticised a “climate of fear” in the party, which he suggested had been... Read more » The post Andy Burnham criticises ‘climate of fear’ in Labour with vow to continue ‘debate’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.| Politics.co.uk
A little more than a year after their resounding general election win, the Labour Party gathers in Liverpool this weekend hoping to rekindle the goodwill that swept them into office in the summer of 2024. After a bruising year of negative headlines and sliding poll numbers, the word is that this year’s conference slogan will... Read more » The post Renewing the message: how can Labour fix its broken comms? appeared first on Politics.co.uk.| Politics.co.uk
'Our job now is to talk to the country, not to ourselves, about how we’re going to change the things that they care about.'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Government warned of widespread walkouts if ministers don't clamp down on hospital trusts farming out support services The article NHS staff vote to strike in outsourcing row, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.| UNISON National
Labour Link committee has chosen its candidate to replace Angela Rayner The article UNISON nominates Bridget Phillipson to become deputy Labour leader first appeared on the UNISON National site.| UNISON National
The perceived failures of Keir Starmer's government are feeding a right-wing looking to exploit people's vulnerabilities.| Big Issue
Labour’s Employment Rights Bill is set to fundamentally improve work for the millions of workers stuck on exploitative short and zero-hours contracts. But it’s not a done deal — key hurdles still need to be overcome to deliver what we promised at the last election. Not least the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats who have been... Read more »| Politics.co.uk
By Les Levidow. Reposted with thanks from the Ecologist A basic contradiction runs through UK climate policy. The government accepts that oil and gas extraction will increase, and that domestic uses will increase. It even promotes more airports and roads, thus intensifying climate vandalism. And yet ministers claim that their policy favours clean energy for […]| People and Nature
In the 22 years since it was founded, there has never been a more important moment in the life of […] The post Today we launched Mainstream. Here’s why. appeared first on Compass.| Compass
A city councillor is pressing for answers after she raised multiple concerns about harassment and coercion which she says have been ignored| Birmingham Live
Motoring experts claim illegal numbers plates are now widespread on UK roads| Birmingham Live
If Phillipson truly held working class values and anything other than contempt for our region, she would never be part of this Labour cabinet| Canary
Successful reshuffles have a theme and act as the launchpad for a refreshed government. Keir Starmer’s first major frontbench shake-up may be such an event. Unexpectedly bold and wide-ranging, this was the biggest mid-term reshuffle in nearly 20 years in terms of cabinet-level moves. It could well turn out to be the most significant moment... Read more »| Politics.co.uk
Labour’s Employment Rights Bill will become law in the next few weeks. But will it be watered down by 'pro-business' amendments?| Big Issue
The soft left of the Labour Party is dead and buried - so of course it's time for it to attack everyone else outside of its cult| Canary
Only 27 percent of eligible voters turned out for the Tamaki Makaura by election. Nevertheless, Orini Kaipara of Te Pati Maori still handed Labour's Peena Henare a heavy election defeat. But will it be enough to dislodge Labour from its continued loyalty to centrist politics?| AGAINST THE CURRENT
“Summer is definitely over”, exhaled a self-assured sounding Keir Starmer on Monday. The prime minister had just kicked off the new parliamentary term with a relatively wholesale rejig of his Downing Street operation. A new “chief secretary to the prime minister” post was created; Darren Jones, rated in Downing Street, was poached from the Treasury... Read more »| Politics.co.uk
Housing secretary Angela Rayner pledged to build 1.5 million houses. Her efforts to buy them has led to her downfall.| Socialist Worker
Councillors Marcus Vickers and David Reynard said residents of the town felt they were 'always back of the queue'| Teesside Live
The Department for Transport has confirmed that people will have to wait an extra year to get a free bus pass in England from next April| Lancs Live
Freeview is used in 16 million UK homes, making it the main TV platform for 40% of households and the largest TV service| Chronicle Live
According to the Flag Institute, fllags may be flown on every day of the year| Birmingham Live
From housing, transport, the arena, Colston and more, a lot has changed since the mayor was first elected| Bristol Live
Experts say tax rises are not enough to plug Britain's financial black hole and tough spending cuts on the ever-increasing welfare bill will be needed| Birmingham Live
At 10pm on July 4, 2024, when the exit poll was revealed — making it clear that Keir Starmer would be our next prime minister — our hopes for a better relationship between the UK and Europe, with all the economic benefits that would bring, were solidified. The public’s general mistrust in politics considered, to... Read more »| Politics.co.uk
A new study by The Bikeability Trust and Living Streets demanded a nationwide ban on pavement parking, mandatory cycle training in the national curriculum, and a default 20mph speed limit in urban areas.| Birmingham Live
Birmingham Council was told by the GMB union this month that progress on equal pay "is too slow"| Birmingham Live
Eurogroup meeting Arrival of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves welcomed by President of the Eurogroup Paschal DONOHOE (Eurogroup President). Credit: Wikimedia The UK and European Union Recent opinion polls show an apparent majority preference for UK re entry to the European Union. But after recent history, the UK’s attempts to “reset” its EU relationship are not as straightforward as they seem. For starters, there is a total absence of UK political leadership or strategy on what might be an...| Lefteast
The attack ad, which was launched yesterday, refers to comments Farage made on the ‘Strike It Big’ podcast last year.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The UK Government has confirmed that Winter Fuel Payments will be issued automatically to around nine million people in England and Wales| Wales Online
It backfired...| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
New tax data has allayed fears of a mass non-dom exodus from the UK following Labour's crackdown on their tax status.| The London Economic
A viral post on X has perfectly explained why people should keep some faith in Keir Starmer and this Labour government.| The London Economic
Josh Morris delivers the July political report of the YCL Central Committee| Challenge Magazine
The UK Labour Party’s moral decline began with Ed “My Parents Are Refugees” Miliband’s betrayal of Syrian civilians for petty party-political ends. When I saw Labour MPs raise their arms in Parliament in triumph at winning a vote to abandon children to gas attacks, I resigned my lifelong membership of the party. But the main […]| PooterGeek
Leicester Labour-run Council have come under fire from UNISON’s General Secretary because of their refusal to act against racism in their workplace. Yesterday it was announced that Bindu Parmar had…| Thoughts of a Leicester Socialist
Exclusive: Parliament authorities launch probe into two MPs who met Israeli president Isaac Herzog| Declassified UK
In our special live event this afternoon, all six candidates faced posed by YOU, our readers| Birmingham Live
The by-election is expected to take place following Mike Amesbury's resignation after he was handed a suspended prison sentence| Liverpool Echo
The council needs to find £23 million of savings this year| Leicestershire Live
A 2 per cent wealth tax on assets over £10 million could generate an additional £24 billion per year, campaigners say| Birmingham Live
The major state pension announcement from DWP boss Liz Kendall is 'right' according to Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves.| Chronicle Live
If you were a Labour Party member during the leadership election and the early days of Keir Starmer, you’ll remember all the wry jokes about his stated aim of creating ‘a party of unity’. We very q…| Kay Green
The party ended with 34 councillors, two shy of the magic figure of 36 required to be bigger than all the other groups combined.| Bristol Live
Philip Cunliffe explains why nation-building is the solution to the impasse in Western politics identified by Perry Anderson as the Regime. In a recent essay for the London Review of Books, Perry A…| The Northern Star
The EHRC, under Kishwer Falkner, have been quick to launch new draft guidance on updating their Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations, in light of the recent Supreme Cour…| transponderings
It is a cliche of the policy-commentariat to point, laughing, at the number of Growth Plans to have sprung from the Government this century, and how badly correleated this is to success at their subject matter. The 2000s had the Five Drivers of Productivity (discussed here) – Investment, Skills, Innovation, Enterprise, and Competition. In 2010Continue reading "Why *should* growth be any better under Labour?"| Freethinking Economist
Peter Ramsay argues that the British right’s proposal for a Great Repeal Act only reveals the futility of its approach to the nation. An online Anglofuturist put out a video last week weaving toget…| The Northern Star
Aaron Wells explains how Labour’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill is unlikely to untangle the political problems in the planning process that plays such a large part in Britain’s building cris…| The Northern Star
Starmer and the establishment are on a crusade of flag-waving jingoism: puffing out their chests on the world stage, and using the cover of militarism to prepare for attacks on workers at home. We say: down with these deluded warmongers!| The Communist
Labour has just announced billions in cuts to benefits, in an effort to drive the sick and ailing back to work, get the economy growing, and redirect money to ‘defence’. But the capitalist class are powerless to tackle Britain’s unemployment dilemma.| The Communist
ITV News obtained exclusive footage of hounds running onto the same track just weeks before. | ITV National News| ITV News
It is fair to credit Churchill’s relationship with Philip Snowden as a key influence over his appreciation for Labour colleagues in the greatest of all wars. Churchill’s affection for Snowden stemmed in part from knowing Philip was never a doctrinaire socialist. “The Marxian aberration never obsessed his keen intelligence,” WSC wrote. “One who knew him well said to me, ‘No one will ever know what a Labour Government will be like till they see one without Snowden at the Exchequer....| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
Another Councillor has quit the Labour Party| Bright Green
PEPF research explores how public opinion has changed following Labour's policy to add VAT to private school fees.| PEPF
After a series of unforced errors and a very public turf war inside No.10, new UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s reputation for quiet competence has taken a beating. Former Downing Street insiders diagnose the problem and offer some solutions| www.globalgovernmentforum.com
Diarmid McKenzie, chair of governors of a small fee-paying school in Devon| PEPF
It may seem innocuous that BBC Reporting Scotland dropped some spin for Labour over Great British Energy. But it's not.| Canary
Ex-DWP boss Iain Duncan Smith's Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has launched two new reports & seems set to appear at the Labour conference| Canary
Coventry council agreed to bring in the move in February as part of cuts to services to save money. But an online petition backed by 1045 people is calling for the authority to re-consider the decision.| Coventry Live
The legal defence may be gone, but Labour and the fossil fuel companies could still try to push ahead with Rosebank| Canary
Labour pledged to bring energy bills down but Ofgem has announced energy price cap increases of 10%. Meanwhile, companies are raking it in.| Canary
The United Kingdom has enacted emergency measures to free thousands of criminals, including some violent offenders, as hundreds of anti-mass migration| The National Pulse
As the war in Eastern Europe escalates with Ukraine’s raid on Russia, Tara McCormack asks why Keir Starmer has pledged to put Ukraine at the heart of everything his government does. Britain’s new L…| The Northern Star
Peter Ramsay argues that the official reaction to the recent riots in England is an ideological distortion that seeks to deflect responsibility for national disintegration. The riots and disorder t…| The Northern Star
One of the small pleasures in life is post-election laughing at desperate Tories - and Thérèse Coffey and Mel Stride have given us that| Canary
Starmer urged Iran to refrain from retaliating for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh - when it's Israel that needs to pull back| Canary
Labour Against Antisemitism (LAAS) has called for Labour Norwich South MP Clive Lewis's expulsion from the party| Canary
So it's finally happened: Jeremy Corbyn is potentially working with independent MPs Shockat Adam, Ayoub Khan, Adnan Hussain, and Iqbal Mohamed| Canary
Journalist Samantha Asumadu investigates the 'respectable' far right's response to the race riots and how the fringe left has influenced them| Canary
GMB host Ed Balls sucked up to another slimy right-winger, ex-MP Jonathan Ashworth. It's the thin end of the wedge of the client media rot.| Canary
New figures show how companies are profiteering through more creeping NHS privatisation - this time over mental health bed provision.| Canary
The corporate media is at it again stoking division. This time, it's pensioners versus DWP benefit fraud and claimants in more trash takes.| Canary
Il y a encore dix ans, personne n’aurait fait du sexe et du genre des questions au cœur du clivage gauche-droite au Royaume-Uni, mais nous sommes en 2024.| Debbie Hayton
There were "serious errors" on the part of the state in the run-up to Covid-19 - including failing to take inequality into account.| Chronicle Live
This election feels like a turning point. It's not just about a change in government led by Keir Starmer, but potentially a fundamental shift in how our democracy functions. As smaller parties gain ground and the political landscape becomes more diverse, we may be entering a new era of British politics| NevilleHobson .com
James Coe and David Kernohan run through what we know and what we can guess about the new post-compulsory arms length body| Wonkhe
The UK’s general election result might seem like a restoration of the old pre-2016 political order. A bland technocrat has won a sweeping majority. However, Peter Ramsay and Philip Cunliffe argue t…| The Northern Star
Exclusive: Labour’s top team has accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds from pro-Israel funders.| Declassified Media Ltd
Stuart Roden started a company with an Israeli special forces veteran and a senior Conservative. He’s now among Labour’s top election donors.| Declassified Media Ltd
With a General Election looming, Peter Ramsay spoke last week at the London School of Economics about why the survival of the British nation is in doubt and why the politics of culture war are an e…| The Northern Star
The Crown Prosecution Service is refusing to release files on how Starmer blocked the arrest of former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni over alleged war crimes during the brutal bombing of Gaza in 2008.| Declassified UK
Conservative politicians have accepted nearly £20,000 in funds from the Israel lobby, including for “solidarity” missions to the country, while Israel engages in war crimes, Declassified finds.| Declassified UK
Why I still wanted to be in the Labour Party I left Labour in a fit of pique in 2018 when the then General secretary, Jennie Formby, announced that all-women-shortlists would no longer be women onl…| Karen Ingala Smith
