Keir Starmer has signalled the direction of his Government by appointing a former Editor of The Sun newspaper – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor, writes Emma Jones
Labour Party
The creation of a new explicitly left party means that any attempt by the Greens to compete on the same ground is now a dead end, argues Rupert Read
The authoritarian impulse to eliminate disagreement and dampen hope will only push voters towards the extremes, argues Neal Lawson
A Labour MP who voted against the Government's recent plans for disability benefits cuts tells Adam Bienkov why they fear they could be the next rebel suspended by the party
The same arguments for extending the vote to younger people, should apply to other groups that remain disenfranchised too, argues Adam Ramsay
Labour must find a solution to the divisions being exploited by Reform UK and the Conservatives – a broader cohesive idea of our nation needs to be consciously created
From imposter syndrome and proportional representation, to fixing the fundamentals and the 'incestuous' Westminster media-political class – Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor believes the right can be defeated at the ballot box if bold changes to connect with the public and their day-to-day lives are made now
The hope we offered voters at the last general election is rapidly slipping away and it's time to change course, argues Labour councillor James Barber-Chadwick
Butler told the Byline Festival on Saturday that her party must understand that socialism is "not a dirty word"
There are huge barriers to creating new parties of the left, but it just might be possible, argues Neal Lawson