Labour

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?
Prime minister Keir Starmer speaking at the Labour conference.
Child poverty

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like
Andy Burnham with Big Issue vendor Colin
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like

I'm a single dad asking Keir Starmer and his government to do more to tackle child poverty
Left: Jonny Roberts. Right: Keir Starmer speaking with school children.
Jonny Roberts

I'm a single dad asking Keir Starmer and his government to do more to tackle child poverty

'BritCard' digital ID risks shutting millions of people out of everyday life
Mockup of BritCard by think tank Labour Together
Chloe Coleman

'BritCard' digital ID risks shutting millions of people out of everyday life

Is Britain far right?
Far right

Is Britain far right?

The UK has formally recognised the state of Palestine. So now what?
A protest for Gaza and Palestine outside Wesminister.
Palestine

The UK has formally recognised the state of Palestine. So now what?

Was Margaret Thatcher right to say 'there's no such thing as society'? It's complicated
Margaret Thatcher
Society

Was Margaret Thatcher right to say 'there's no such thing as society'? It's complicated

Would scaling up the UK-France asylum deal really stop the small boats?
Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate
Immigration

Would scaling up the UK-France asylum deal really stop the small boats?

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: 'Millions of us are carers or need care'
carer pushing someone in a wheelchair
Social care

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: 'Millions of us are carers or need care'

Two-child benefit cap is 'punishing' working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy
Three children
Child poverty

Two-child benefit cap is 'punishing' working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be 'gift' to Farage, experts warn
Workers' rights

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be 'gift' to Farage, experts warn

'Soap opera politics?': Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

'Soap opera politics?': Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill
Labour deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner
RENTING

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill

He’ll ‘never be prime minister’, but how will Zack Polanski’s Green Party victory change UK politics?
Zack Polanski
Politics

He’ll ‘never be prime minister’, but how will Zack Polanski’s Green Party victory change UK politics?

Turns out Nigel Farage isn't prime minister. So why does he get so much airtime?
Paul McNamee

Turns out Nigel Farage isn't prime minister. So why does he get so much airtime?

Labour's next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Welfare

Labour's next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people

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What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain
Asylum hotels

What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain

As number of asylum seekers housed in hotels rises, there's one thing everyone agrees on
immigration and refugeee rights protestors hold up placards reading:
Asylum hotels

As number of asylum seekers housed in hotels rises, there's one thing everyone agrees on

Keir Starmer, it's time to face facts and end the two-child limit on benefits
keir starmer
Child poverty

Keir Starmer, it's time to face facts and end the two-child limit on benefits

Calls for homeless minister Rushanara Ali to resign over rent hike row
Labour homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Politics

Calls for homeless minister Rushanara Ali to resign over rent hike row