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Everyone is a little bit right... and a little bit wrong. Our editor @emmaburnell.bsky.social on what the BBC crisis teaches us about the political moment we're in.
‘The BBC crisis and our half-right, half-wrong politics’ – LabourList
The BBC is in crisis - again. This is not a piece reporting on what has happened. You can't move for those today. Here's the…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Everyone is a little bit right... and a little bit wrong. Our editor @emmaburnell.bsky.social on what the BBC crisis teaches us about the political moment we're in.
It’s the only quiz where “renationalisation” might actually be the right answer🌹
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November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It’s the only quiz where “renationalisation” might actually be the right answer🌹
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Updating Labour’s 2017 approach on income tax would ensure that only the top 5% of earners pay more - a fair and reasonable dividing line argues former advisor to John McDonnell @jamesmills.bsky.social
‘To win back trust, Labour needs a clear dividing line on tax’ – LabourList
There are few things as a political adviser, outside of elections, that makes one's heart sink more than a new poll when your party is…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Updating Labour’s 2017 approach on income tax would ensure that only the top 5% of earners pay more - a fair and reasonable dividing line argues former advisor to John McDonnell @jamesmills.bsky.social
Dignity, identity, prosperity, education and trust. By making science a national value, Labour could unite the country around progress itself.
'Labour can rally Britain around science and progress' - LabourList
Diginity, identity, prosperity, education and trust. By making science a national value, Labour could unite the country around progress itself.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Dignity, identity, prosperity, education and trust. By making science a national value, Labour could unite the country around progress itself.
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You can’t cut child poverty without scrapping the two child benefit limit, and you can’t be a Labour government if you preside over rising child poverty. Me for @labourlist.bsky.social on the route to getting done what Labour must get done. labourlist.org/2025/11/gord...
'Gordon Brown, Labour MPs, and voters agree: Act on child poverty now' - LabourList
Gordon Brown, Labour MPs and the public agree - tax gambling companies and end child poverty now.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
You can’t cut child poverty without scrapping the two child benefit limit, and you can’t be a Labour government if you preside over rising child poverty. Me for @labourlist.bsky.social on the route to getting done what Labour must get done. labourlist.org/2025/11/gord...
Pop quiz: which Labour MP would be most competitive at a pub quiz? 👀
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Join us at The Loose Box in Westminster on the 2nd December🎅
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LabourList Christmas Pub Quiz
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November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Pop quiz: which Labour MP would be most competitive at a pub quiz? 👀
Bring your own dream team and prove your trivia chops at the LabourList Pub Quiz! 🍺
Join us at The Loose Box in Westminster on the 2nd December🎅
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Bring your own dream team and prove your trivia chops at the LabourList Pub Quiz! 🍺
Join us at The Loose Box in Westminster on the 2nd December🎅
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Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
Why don’t Labour’s workers’ and renters’ rights reforms cut through to voters – and how should they? – LabourList
When millions of workers and renters don’t know you’re doing more to improve their rights than any government in half a century, something is going…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
📣 BREAKING: Labour whip restored to four ‘welfare rebel’ MPs.
BREAKING: Labour whip restored to four ‘welfare rebel’ MPs – LabourList
Neil Duncan-Jordan, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman, and Rachael Maskell have all had the Labour whip restored today. It is understood the MPs spoke with the…
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November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
📣 BREAKING: Labour whip restored to four ‘welfare rebel’ MPs.
🌹 Here are seven exciting breakthroughs and announcements the government made this week that you can use - whether you're on the doorstep, sparring on Twitter or debating in the pub
Delivering in Government: your weekly round up of good news Labour stories – LabourList
It was a busy week for the Labour government. While the papers were awash with Budget speculation, there was plenty of tangible progress towards renewing…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🌹 Here are seven exciting breakthroughs and announcements the government made this week that you can use - whether you're on the doorstep, sparring on Twitter or debating in the pub
"The gaggle of commentators calling for a Progressive Alliance is very much a case of traditional heresies in a modern setting."
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'Progressive coalitions – a traditional heresy in a modern setting' - LabourList
'A progressive coalition appeals to the "chattering classes" but las little appeal to the British people argues John Spellar.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"The gaggle of commentators calling for a Progressive Alliance is very much a case of traditional heresies in a modern setting."
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Tickets are going fast for LabourList’s legendary Pub Quiz! Don’t miss your chance to test your trivia, win prizes, and enjoy a great night with fellow Labour supporters🌹
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LabourList Christmas Pub Quiz
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November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Tickets are going fast for LabourList’s legendary Pub Quiz! Don’t miss your chance to test your trivia, win prizes, and enjoy a great night with fellow Labour supporters🌹
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Teaching media literacy will provide generations to come with the tools they need to become empowered active citizens says @alistrathern.bsky.social
‘Media literacy belongs at the heart of this bold new curriculum’ – LabourList
The Curriculum and Assessment Review, and the Government’s response, may have quietly set in train one of the most important and enduring legacies of this…
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November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Teaching media literacy will provide generations to come with the tools they need to become empowered active citizens says @alistrathern.bsky.social
🎨 "The arts are some of the best tools at a teacher’s disposal – they are both empowering and inclusive."
✍️ Alison Cole on why scrapping Ebacc is a bold leap forward in ensuring arts education for all:
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✍️ Alison Cole on why scrapping Ebacc is a bold leap forward in ensuring arts education for all:
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'Scrapping Ebacc is a bold leap forward in ensuring arts education for all' - LabourList
Scrapping the Ebaac is a bold move towards reducing inequality and ensuring access to the arts and culture for all.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🎨 "The arts are some of the best tools at a teacher’s disposal – they are both empowering and inclusive."
✍️ Alison Cole on why scrapping Ebacc is a bold leap forward in ensuring arts education for all:
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✍️ Alison Cole on why scrapping Ebacc is a bold leap forward in ensuring arts education for all:
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💷 "Together, these changes form our Financial Inclusion Strategy – a plan to make the system work for everyone, not just those already doing well."
✍️ Economic Secretary Lucy Rigby outlines Labour's new financial services strategy:
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✍️ Economic Secretary Lucy Rigby outlines Labour's new financial services strategy:
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Lucy Rigby: 'Making financial services work for everyone' - LabourList
Treasury Minister Lucy Rigby says the government's Financial Inclusion Strategy is a plan to make the system work for everyone.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
💷 "Together, these changes form our Financial Inclusion Strategy – a plan to make the system work for everyone, not just those already doing well."
✍️ Economic Secretary Lucy Rigby outlines Labour's new financial services strategy:
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✍️ Economic Secretary Lucy Rigby outlines Labour's new financial services strategy:
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LabourList Christmas Pub Quiz
It’s time to sleigh the Labour trivia season! Join LabourList for an evening of festive fun and political puzzlers.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Early Bird Tickets are selling fast for LabourList's Christmas Pub Quiz 🔥 Get yours now or risk missing out on the Labour event of the season!🌹🎅
We'll be joined by special guest @allymcgovern.bsky.social, with more fabulous Labour figures to be announced!
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November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Our groundbreaking interactive guide to Labour's MPs has been updated with all the latest information and data – check it out here 🔽
Labour Tribes Mapped: Latest version of PLMR and LabourList’s guide to PLP – LabourList
LabourList and leading comms agency PLMR has unveiled the latest version of the Labour Tribes Mapped project, a one-of-a-kind interactive guide to Labour’s 401 MPs.…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our groundbreaking interactive guide to Labour's MPs has been updated with all the latest information and data – check it out here 🔽
Both rugby and Labour used to dominate in Wales - but that is changing. This is a loss to Welsh communities and politics.
‘The decline of Welsh rugby echoes Labour’s waning grip’ – LabourList
Rugby, they say, is a game for ruffians played by gentlemen. But that was never its way in Wales, where the clubs that sat at…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Both rugby and Labour used to dominate in Wales - but that is changing. This is a loss to Welsh communities and politics.
🌹 "The government’s uncertain start hasn’t gone unnoticed beyond Westminster. Our new polling shows a country unsure what its Prime Minister really wants to do."
✍️ Anna McShane of The New Britain Project looks at the public's perception of the PM:
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✍️ Anna McShane of The New Britain Project looks at the public's perception of the PM:
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'Voters don’t believe the PM means what he says - that’s the problem' - LabourList
Voters agree with Labour's priorities of fairness, control, pride in Britain - but they don't trust the Party or PM to deliver them says Anna
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October 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🌹 "The government’s uncertain start hasn’t gone unnoticed beyond Westminster. Our new polling shows a country unsure what its Prime Minister really wants to do."
✍️ Anna McShane of The New Britain Project looks at the public's perception of the PM:
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✍️ Anna McShane of The New Britain Project looks at the public's perception of the PM:
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A spokesperson for the Chancellor said it was an "inadvertent mistake"
Reeves refers herself to parliamentary watchdog over renting home – LabourList
Rachel Reeves has referred herself to the parliamentary standards commissioner and the independent ethics advisor after admitting she has unlawfully rented out her family home…
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October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A spokesperson for the Chancellor said it was an "inadvertent mistake"
"Caerphilly was a signal that Welsh Labour needs energy, purpose, and generational renewal if it’s to earn Wales’ trust again."
Welsh Labour Senedd candidate Chris Carter argues Caerphilly could be remembered not as the beginning of decline but as the moment Welsh Labour found its purpose again
Welsh Labour Senedd candidate Chris Carter argues Caerphilly could be remembered not as the beginning of decline but as the moment Welsh Labour found its purpose again
'Welsh Labour's new generation of candidates and politicians must embody real change - or risk repeat of Caerphilly' - LabourList
Caerphilly was a signal that Welsh Labour needs energy, purpose, and generational renewal if it’s to earn Wales’ trust again.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"Caerphilly was a signal that Welsh Labour needs energy, purpose, and generational renewal if it’s to earn Wales’ trust again."
Welsh Labour Senedd candidate Chris Carter argues Caerphilly could be remembered not as the beginning of decline but as the moment Welsh Labour found its purpose again
Welsh Labour Senedd candidate Chris Carter argues Caerphilly could be remembered not as the beginning of decline but as the moment Welsh Labour found its purpose again
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👨🏭 "A central purpose of the Labour Party and the trade union movement has always been to advance the rights of workers."
✍️ Councillor John Batteson says local authorities must drive the delivery on employment rights:
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✍️ Councillor John Batteson says local authorities must drive the delivery on employment rights:
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'The employment rights bill is good for business – but local authorities must drive the delivery' - LabourList
This government has a chance to lead and make the UK a world leader in clean industry, renewable energy and nature restoration. But that requires coherence, ambition and courage beyond election cycles...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
👨🏭 "A central purpose of the Labour Party and the trade union movement has always been to advance the rights of workers."
✍️ Councillor John Batteson says local authorities must drive the delivery on employment rights:
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✍️ Councillor John Batteson says local authorities must drive the delivery on employment rights:
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🗳️ "The upside to the Caerphilly result is that it showed Reform can be beaten by widespread tactical voting in this kind of seat."
✍️ @luke-akehurstmp.bsky.social reflects on the bruising by-election result:
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✍️ @luke-akehurstmp.bsky.social reflects on the bruising by-election result:
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'Don't Panic! Labour's response to Caerphilly should be more resilliant' - LabourList
The only progressive alliance that can actually win a General Election already exists – it’s the Labour Party argues Luke Akehurst MP.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🗳️ "The upside to the Caerphilly result is that it showed Reform can be beaten by widespread tactical voting in this kind of seat."
✍️ @luke-akehurstmp.bsky.social reflects on the bruising by-election result:
labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...
✍️ @luke-akehurstmp.bsky.social reflects on the bruising by-election result:
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