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January 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
🌹 📣 An EXCLUSIVE New Year message from Chair of the Labour Party @annaturley.bsky.social to LabourList readers labourlist.org/2025/12/anna...
EXCLUSIVE: New Year Message from Anna Turley – LabourList
I had no idea at the start of 2025 that I would have the honour of being asked to be Chair of the Labour Party.…
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December 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
📣 🎙️ 📹 EXCLUSIVE: Once again we have crunched the numbers in our exclusive work totting up which ministers really are "never off the telly!" Find out who's up and who is down in our annual analysis of just who the government is sending out on the airwaves. labourlist.org/2025/12/labo...
December 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🤔 Is it right for a shadow attorney general to represent a Russian oligarch while shaping party policy? 🤔

A Labour justice minister has put pressure on the Tories over this very question... 👀

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Labour justice minister puts pressure on Tories over shadow attorney general representing Russian oligarch – LabourList
Parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice, Jake Richards MP has written to Kemi Badenoch expressing concern regarding a conflict of interest over…
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December 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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December 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Cabinet ministers, senior Labour figures and some of our team have reflected exclusively for LabourList on some of their proudest achievements of 2025 - and what they are looking forward to in the year ahead.
What are Labour figures proud of this year – and what are their hopes for 2026? – LabourList
Over the last 12 months, Labour has achieved a great deal in office, from passing the Employment Rights Act and scrapping the two child benefit…
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December 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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December 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Check your scores for Round 4... and test your knowledge of the Labour Tribes with our final picture round! 🖼️

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December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Merry Christmas from the team at LabourList!🌟

And what better way to spend the post Christmas dinner slump... than by checking your answers to yesterday's quiz questions, and testing your relatives with Round 4 of our 'Labour Christmas Connects' round...

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December 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Answers to yesterday's quiz questions are now live on our site - top marks?🏆

Well it's time to crack on with Round 3... and the 12 days of LabourList Christmas🎄 ... we apologise in advance for the puns... 😬

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December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🤶 🌹 EXCLUSIVE: A Christmas message for LabourList readers from Labour General Secretary Hollie Ridley.
EXCLUSIVE: A Christmas message from Hollie Ridley – LabourList
As the year draws to a close, and we come together with family and friends for the Christmas break, I wanted to take a moment…
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December 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Check your answers to Round 1 of our Christmas Quiz! How did you do? 🤷‍♀️

Ready for the next challenge? Well Round 2 Labour Year in Review is now live! 📆

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December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The number of estates that will be affected by the tax will be halved thanks to the increased threshold
Government waters down inheritance tax changes for farmers – LabourList
Government plans to tax inherited farmland have been watered down following months of protests by farmers and concern from backbenchers. The individual threshold for a…
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December 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Missed our Christmas Quiz?🎅 Fear not - you can test your Labour knowledge now!

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Round 1 is the Labour History Round courtesy of the Labour History Group.

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December 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Labour can be proud that the policies announced today will ensure that animals are protected for generations to come says Minister for Biosecurity, Borders and Animals, Sue Hayman.
‘Our world-leading Animal Welfare Strategy will protect domestic, farmed and wild animals for generations’ – LabourList
Today, I’m delighted to announce the government’s world-leading Animal Welfare Strategy - a bold five-year plan to deliver the biggest boost to animal welfare in…
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December 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🇬🇧 🌹 Britain faces division, crisis, and fear. This is a case for unity, shared British values, and strong communities over blame and division argues @jeevunsandher.bsky.social
‘Both Farage and Polanski are wrong about Britain – it is not what divides us that defines us’ – LabourList
Doomscroll your social media feed. Watch the news. Listen to our voters and constituents. The same emotions come pouring out – frustration, fear and fury.…
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December 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
LabourList Editor @emmaburnell.bsky.social looks back over a turbulent but important few months in Labour politics. And wishes readers a very merry Xmas!
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… my first four months as Editor’ – LabourList
There are two very different tales to be told about the Labour government this year. And they are both true.   There's the one we all…
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December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Early evidence suggests Labour’s first steps in government are reducing food bank demand, with reforms to social security, nutrition support and local safety nets pointing to a hopeful path forward.
‘Labour have a credible path to ending Britain’s dependence on food banks and have taken the first steps along it’ – LabourList
A year before the starting gun was fired on the 2024 general election campaign, Britain’s food banks had just experienced some of their busiest months…
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December 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Homelessness is not inevitable. With prevention, funding and political will, Labour can end rough sleeping for good and achieve its moral mission says @naushabahkhanmp.bsky.social
‘Ending homelessness must be Labour’s moral mission — and this time we must finish the job’ – LabourList
Tackling the scourge of homelessness must be the moral mission of any Labour Government, because having a place to call home, is not just about…
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December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🌹 🇬🇧 Real patriotism isn’t about shouting or division. It’s about service, responsibility and rebuilding Britain together argues Veterans Minister @alcarns.bsky.social
‘Real patriotism is about service, not spectacle’ – LabourList
Real patriotism doesn’t shout. It doesn’t wave a flag to win an argument. It is lived quietly, every day, by people who look after one…
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December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The language of 'Benefits Street' is a rhetoric completely devoid of compassion. Those using it should hang their heads in shame says Samantha Richards.
‘Bah humbug politics and the cruelty of the two-child limit’ – LabourList
The removal of the two-child limit announced by Rachel Reeves at this year’s budget cements the government’s commitment to tackling child poverty. I am overjoyed…
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December 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🌹 📣 GOOD NEWS! Your weekly roundup of the difference Labour is making in government.
Delivering in Government: your weekly round up of good news Labour stories – LabourList
It’s the last week before Christmas recess. But there was no let-up in the pace of announcements from the government. Here are the seven most…
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December 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
More than four in five Labour members consider the BBC licence fee to be good value for money, with two-thirds preferring the broadcaster to continue being funded in that way, exclusive polling for LabourList reveals.
Two-thirds of Labour members back extending BBC licence fee – poll – LabourList
More than four in five Labour members consider the BBC licence fee to be good value for money, with two-thirds preferring the broadcaster to continue…
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December 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Forget the narrative - Labour members have a lot to celebrate and a lot to look forward to as we end 2025 says Deborah Mattinson.
Deborah Mattinson column: ‘This Christmas we should remember to feel proud of what we have achieved’ – LabourList
I recently found myself in a meeting with, amongst others, an eminent Tory grandee. As we waited to start, we gossiped about the politics of…
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December 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM