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over 2 years ago
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What Keir Starmer's policy agenda tells us about whether he can win the next election

The leader's keynote speech was packed with pledges, from a crime crackdown to mental health hubs to a Green New Deal...

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Angela Rayner sees herself as 'Boris Johnson of the left' as she heals relations with Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer's office worry his deputy will show him up at events 'because she’s an actual human', Rayner allies say

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over 2 years ago
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Keir Starmer highlights crime, work and military in conference pitch to lost Labour voters

Party leader pays emotional tribute to his parents, confronts hecklers and labels Boris Johnson a 'trickster' as he t...

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over 2 years ago
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Keir Starmer heckled during make-or-break speech as he recalled visiting his mother in hospital

The Labour leader asked left-wing activists whether they were interested in "shouting slogans or changing lives?" as ...

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over 2 years ago
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Andy Burnham accused of plotting third Labour leadership bid after hitting out at Keir Starmer

The Mayor of Greater Manchester has insisted he has no ambitions to return to Westminster and take over as party chief

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over 2 years ago
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Keir Starmer bids to turn page on Corbyn era with Labour conference speech

Labour leader to propose a "contribution society" using skills of all Britons, in his first in-person conference set ...

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over 2 years ago
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Labour conference defies Keir Starmer to vote through £15 minimum wage policy

The composite committing the party to a £15 minimum wage and raising statutory sick pay to a living wage was voted th...

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All the Labour policy announcements so far from Sir Keir Starmer's first in-person conference

Sir Keir Starmer has used his first in-person Labour conference to set out his vision for the future of the party

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over 2 years ago
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Keir Starmer demands six month visas and priority for key workers to resolve fuel crisis

The Labour leader backed calls to ensure that nurses, doctors and other essential workers can fill up their cars

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over 2 years ago
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Jeremy Corbyn denies plot over Andy McDonald's shadow cabinet conference walk out

The former Labour leader also did not rule out standing as an independent MP in the next election

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over 2 years ago
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Labour pushes 'tough on crime' message with promise to crack down on anti-social behaviour

Nick Thomas-Symonds, the shadow Home Secretary, will tell party conference he wants new neighbourhood policing teams ...

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over 2 years ago
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Long NHS waiting lists are forcing people to pay thousands for surgery, Jonathan Ashworth says

The shadow health secretary will say this is creating a two-tier health system

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over 2 years ago
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Andy Burnham tells Labour conference that metro mayors will win Labour the next election

The Mayor of Greater Manchester says the North of England will “be a key battleground” for the party in the next elec...

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Labour pledges £28bn green investment as Rachel Reeves says she'll be 'first green chancellor'

She pledged to 'claw back' public money that she said had been wasted by the Conservative government

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over 2 years ago
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Andy McDonald quits Keir Starmer's shadow Cabinet at Labour conference

In a dramatic resignation letter, the left-leaning MP accused Sir Keir of breaking pledges to keep "socialist policie...

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over 2 years ago
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Labour promises to scrap business rates and tax loopholes and replace with schemes making online ...

Labour will also end the tax relief given to private schools due to their charitable status

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over 2 years ago
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Keir Starmer can't win unless he starts to score points when country is in chaos

The Labour leader - like his two predecessors - has struggled to make a case for a Labour alternative

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over 2 years ago
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Keir Starmer wins bruising party battle to change rules so hard-left Labour MPs 'can never become...

Leadership candidates will need the backing of 20 per cent of Labour MPs in order to stand in future

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over 2 years ago
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Keir Starmer vows not to dodge the issue of failing education as he announces tax hikes for priva...

The Labour leader set out plans to raise £1.7 billion a year by scrapping the charitable status of private schools an...

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over 2 years ago
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Labour pledges £3bn investment in 'green steel' revolution for UK manufacturers

Shadow Business Secretary Ed Miliband will accuse the Government of failing to invest in green steel productions

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over 2 years ago
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Angela Rayner attacks 'one rule for them and another for us' Tory government

She compared Labour to the post-war Government of 1945 and said the country could again unite around British values

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over 2 years ago
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Keir Starmer abandons Labour elections overhaul in favour of 'watered down' reforms package

Keir Starmer shelved plans for a major overhaul, and will instead put forward watered-down proposals that give MPs mo...

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over 2 years ago
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More than half of the public would support renationalising energy companies, polling reveals

Renationalising energy companies was included in Labour's 2019 manifesto under former leader Jeremy Corbyn

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over 2 years ago
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UK's benefits system should be treated like the NHS, Labour's Jonathan Reynolds says ahead of par...

UK's benefits system should be treated like the NHS, Labour's Jonathan Reynolds says ahead of party conference

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over 2 years ago
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Labour opens conference with a pledge to introduce 'fair pay' deals to protect staff - starting w...

Opening the party conference today deputy leader Angela Rayner will unveil a pledge to introduce Fair Pay Agreements ...

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over 2 years ago
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Only a quarter of voters think Keir Starmer has changed Labour for the better, says new poll

43 per cent say they cannot imagine supporting his party and 39 per cent disagree that he 'looks like someone who wil...

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over 2 years ago
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Keir Starmer's 'policy vacuum' sets scene for a tug of war between him and Labour grassroots

Moves to reduce members’ influence coinciding with attempts to stop socialist motions being taken to conference have ...

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