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Labour plans to scrap two-child benefit cap 'dead in the water' after £5bn U-turn
Sir Keir Starmer is now almost certain to shelve plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap with no money left after Labour’s ...
A year after its landslide win, Britain’s Labour Party is navigating a tougher-than-expected path
It's been one year since Labour returned to power in a landslide victory that appeared to show the party had turned over a ...
Labour breaks silence over calls for new MOT rules for HGVs and lorries
In 2023, the then Conservative Party government launched a call for evidence on whether changes should be made to the testing ...
One year in, Labour has a surprising amount to celebrate. But you wouldn’t know it
On top of this, the government has become known for doing some remarkably un-Labour things. In September 2024, it changed the ...
Labour promised women better, safer lives: a year on, we decode the small wins and biggest let downs
On 5 July 2025, it was confirmed. Enter: Keir Starmer’s Labour party to 10 Downing Street, primed to save the day.
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Labour is bungling its growth “mission”
That ought to have left the Labour Party in an enviable position after winning power last July, with economic growth atop its ...
Jeremy Corbyn breaks silence on joining new left-wing party with ex-Labour MP Zarah Sultana
The democratic foundations of a new kind of political party will soon take shape’, the former Labour leader said in a ...
Steve Coogan claims Keir Starmer’s Labour will ‘pave the way’ for Reform UK
Steve Coogan has accused Sir Keir Starmer of paving the way for Reform UK, describing the Labour government’s policies as ...