Tony Blair think-tank urges: Take brakes off growth ⊕
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Labour
4 months ago
Ahead of the Spring Statement, the Tony Blair Institute said Labour's policies have 'added friction at the moment the UK needs greater agility'.
The Left at each others' throats. Disdain for the 'failed Tories' in Reform. But can resurgent Kemi Badenoch take advantage? LORD ASHCROFT ⊖
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Labour's message to the voters of Gorton and Denton was that only they could stop Reform. The Greens, and the voters, proved them wrong.
Andy Burnham 'to cut a deal with Polanski' as Manchester mayor tops poll to replace PM ⊖
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Labour's devastating defeat in Thursday's Gorton and Denton by-election has left Keir Starmer's leadership rivals circling ominously, with Mr Burnham the favourite.
Sex crimes on railway network hit record high as Labour accused of 'losing the plot on public transport' ⊖
Figures show 2,658 sex offences were recorded on the network in 2024-25 - equivalent to more than 50 every week - an increase of almost 10 per cent.
BRITs host Jack Whitehall is censored by ITV for making joke about Peter Mandelson and the Epstein Files in front of red-faced Labour politicians ⊕
ITV bosses were forced to censor BRIT Awards host Jack Whitehall during Saturday's ceremony, after he made a joke about former Labour grandee Peter Mandelson.
Labour minister at centre of journalist smear scandal resigns ⊖⊖
Labour MP Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister, saying he had 'become a distraction from this Government's important work'.
Minister Josh Simons resigns after Labour Together claims ⊖
Simons faced claims the think tank he used to run commissioned a report which looked into the background of journalists.
Shabana Mahmood vows to press on with asylum system crackdown despite Labour losing left-wing voters to the Greens ⊕
Ms Mahmood says Labour must now bring in Danish-style populist reforms to restore the public's faith in the 'broken' asylum system or risk its political future.
Andy Burnham would have won Gorton and Denton by-election if Starmer let him stand, claims Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell ⊕⊕
Lucy Powell said that the Greater Manchester Mayor would 'probably have held' the safe seat and that if he had stood 'the Greens wouldn't have gone after the seat in the same way that they did'.
Burnham would probably have won by-election, Labour deputy leader says ⊕
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Lucy Powell tells the BBC that Labour needs to make more use of the Greater Manchester mayor.