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Wes Streeting made a speech today, on the eve of the budget, addressing child health, poverty and the two child limit.
Streeting makes eve of budget intervention on child health, poverty and two-child limit – LabourList
Today Health Secretary Wes Streeting gave a wide ranging speech to health think tank Kings Fund at their conference held in partnership with children's charity…
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November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
With the right support, co-operatives, credit unions and thriving high streets will be key to community-led growth argues @jimmcmahon.co.uk
‘The budget give Labour an opportunity to unleash grassroots growth through co-operation’ – LabourList
In his speech to this year’s Labour Conference, the Prime Minister spoke of the need to “grow our economy from the grassroots”. He was clear…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🏗️ "To effectively address the current housing crisis, we must build homes that will last a life time"

✍️ Anna Dixon MP on why we need to build more houses for older people
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‘Homes for the ages’ – LabourList
This Labour Government inherited a country facing a housing crisis, with rising rents across the UK, soaring property prices, and a lack of social and…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Most of the people on the boats are genuine refugees, fleeing war or persecution."

✍️ Mark Davies unpicks the government's proposed asylum reforms
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‘Tough talk, cruel policy — and it still won’t stop the boats’ – LabourList
Scrolling social media is no way to truly judge how a government announcement has gone down. But amid all the frothing of mouths in response…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🏥 "We need to unpick the ideology that is holding back the NHS from delivering"

✍️ Former Health Minister John Hutton looks at the role PPP can play in fixing the NHS
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‘No more waiting lists to repair our NHS’ – LabourList
Lord Hutton of Furness is a former Health Minister and Chair of the Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships (AIIP). Six years ago,…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
💷 Exclusive: Labour members would almost unanimously back increased taxes on the gambling and banking sector in the Budget, along with a shake-up of council tax thresholds
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Budget: Almost all Labour members back levies on gambling and banking sector - LabourList
Labour members would almost unanimously back increased taxes on the gambling and banking sector in the Budget, along with a shake-up of council tax thresholds.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The 'never here Keir' smears are misplaced. Britain gains from leadership at the G20 and on the world stage argues @dhnnjyn.bsky.social
‘As the G20 Falters, Britain Can Lead: Starmer’s Global Role Comes at the Right Time’ – LabourList
The Prime Minister has just returned from the G20 Summit in South Africa, his 20th foreign trip this year. With President Trump boycotting and Presidents Xi,…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Keir Starmer would lose a head-to-head contest against Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner, Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband, exclusive polling for LabourList by Survation reveals
Starmer would lose leadership contest to Streeting, Rayner, Burnham and Miliband – LabourList
Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting would all win a head-to-head leadership contest against Keir Starmer, exclusive polling of Labour members reveals.…
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November 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has seen her favourability drop 32 points among Labour members since her plans for asylum policy reform were announced
Cabinet rankings: Mahmood sees sharp drop in approval among Labour members – LabourList
Shabana Mahmood’s approval among Labour members has plummeted since her announcement on reform of asylum policy, exclusive polling for LabourList has revealed. The poll, conducted…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
From Tribune to the Growth Group, Compass to the Fabians, Unison to the TSSA and many more.

Find out what the Labour ecosystem want to see from next week's budget
Budget 2025: What do MPs, trade unions and think tanks want from Reeves? – LabourList
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver her second Budget next week, with the mood music surrounding the announcement setting the stage for further tax…
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November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌹 📣 GOOD NEWS! It's your weekly round up of all the good that Labour is doing in government.
Delivering in Government: your weekly round up of good news Labour stories – LabourList
When Oasis announced their reunion tour last year, bad actors were quick to take advantage. They hoovered up tickets, forcing some fans to pay thousands…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🎶 “It’s beginning to look a lot like… quiz season” 🎶

Test your 🌹 Labour🌹 expertise and see if your knowledge pays off at the LabourList Christmas Pub Quiz.

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November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Next week, all eyes will be on the Chancellor’s Budget...but we’ve got a Budget of our own to think about! 🤯

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November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
CAN YOU SEE THIS POST? You wouldn't if we had used any actual descriptive words about women's bodies. Women’s health is being censored by the algorithms. This tech-led sexism has to stop says @emily4mk.bsky.social.
‘Big Tech sexism must end’ – LabourList
The technology, the method, may be new, but the issue, sadly, is not.  Women’s health has always been marginalised, questioned, deprioritised. Victorian doctors dismissed women’s…
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November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
LabourList spoke to MPs, think tanks and some of the nation’s trade unions to ask what they want to see from Reeves’ big announcement next Wednesday.
Budget 2025: What do MPs, trade unions and think tanks want from Reeves? – LabourList
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver her second Budget next week, with the mood music surrounding the announcement setting the stage for further tax…
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November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The bond markets have developed an outsized importance in our politics. But what are they? How do they work? And why do they have such an impact on our economy? @tombelger.bsky.social explains all
‘Bond markets explained: How in hock are we – and can we break free?’ – LabourList
Who governs Britain? You don’t have to be a Marxist or conspiracy theorist to wonder if the opaque workings of global finance sometimes count for…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
At the election, Labour offered change. But they campaigned with caution and are now not trusted to deliver it says @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social Keiran Pedley.
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‘Labour won being cautious – but Brits are impatient for radical change’ – LabourList
Caution won Labour a General Election but steady as she goes is no longer enough. It has been another period of frenzied leadership speculation in…
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November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"You need someone with a vision, with the confidence of the British public, MPs, that can run a large organisation, has government experience – and those people are few and far between."

Clive Lewis tells BBC he'd be prepared to stand down to allow Andy Burnham to return to Westminster
Clive Lewis: ‘I would give up seat so Andy Burnham can become MP’ – LabourList
Norwich South MP Clive Lewis has said he would be prepared to give up his seat to allow Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to return…
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November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Shabana Mahmood is walking a tightrope: can Labour be both compassionate and tough on immigration? Emma Burnell how ‘for the many’ is being tested by hard security politics
‘The politics of security – when ‘for the many’ politics becomes uncomfortable for Labour’ – LabourList
I will never forget something a Labour voter in a very safe Tory seat told me once soon after the 1997 election. He said that…
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November 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Two dozen Labour MPs have now spoken out against the government's reforms to the asylum system – follow our tracker with the latest updates
Asylum reform: Full list of MPs opposing government’s immigration proposals – LabourList
More than 20 Labour MPs have expressed criticism of the government's radical reforms to Britain's asylum system. Shabana Mahmood has proposed sweeping new reforms to…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Some MPs have voiced their support for the controversial proposals, but there has been no shortage of those expressing their visceral discomfort too
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Asylum debate: Labour divisions laid bare as Mahmood stands her ground – LabourList
Shabana Mahmood came out fighting in the House of Commons yesterday after more than a dozen Labour MPs made their displeasure at the government's asylum…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Home secretary sent a big signal on the future of asylum laws in the UK. But here are more practical steps she could take says
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‘From signals to system change: we need practical reforms that could cut asylum backlogs and end hotel use’ – LabourList
How important is signalling in politics?  The Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday of “the most sweeping reforms to tackle illegal migration in modern times” is designed…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM