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Fixing childcare is key to unlocking Britain’s labour market

Work is changing – it’s more likely to be done from home, need new skills and be affected by artificial intelligence (AI). The rights that today’s workers need are new too, but what’s the single thing that holds millions back – and in particular women? In a word: childcare.

Secure, reliable, and affordable nuclear is a safe bet for Labour

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30 Sep Environment

Secure, reliable, and affordable nuclear is a safe bet for Labour

Labour should embrace nuclear to deliver on energy security and decarbonisation.

What the “Good Work” agenda should like with Labour in power

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28 Sep Economy

What the “Good Work” agenda should like with Labour in power

The Chartered Management Institute set out three key takeaways from their fringe event at Labour Party Conference, in partnership with the New Statesman.

27 Sep Political parties

Keir Starmer Hails A New "Labour Moment" In An Energised Pitch To Put Party Into Power

Keir Starmer said now is a "Labour moment" in a conference speech that reflected growing confidence within the party that it can win a general election for the first time in two decades.

26 Sep Home affairs

Labour will continue to take a lead on tackling violence against women and girls

Everyone should be able to feel safe in our homes, on our streets and in our communities. All of us should be able to live in freedom from fear. Yet for too many women that is just not the case, and we should not stand for this.

25 Sep Parliament

Mrs Crackenthorpe's Diary – 25 September edition

Sincere congratulations to those who made it to Labour conference – in light of the unrelenting hell of our locomotive system, particularly to those arriving by carriage, river steamer, or horseback. Your prize is three days of hob-nobbing in the city Charles Dickens commended as “open handed and munificent." No end of earthly delights awaits. And, sadly, karaoke.

25 Sep Political parties

Keir Starmer Commits To Reversing Government Scrapping Of 45p Top Tax Rate

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he would reverse the decision to abolish the top rate of income tax, but would keep the Government’s planned cut to the basic rate.

25 Sep Political parties

A fresh start? What lies ahead for Labour at Conference '22

As Labour delegates gather in Liverpool, Kevin Maguire predicts the scent of power will impose some party discipline.

24 Sep Economy

Committee Corner – Levelling Up Committee chair Clive Betts on his in-tray

Amid a cost of living crisis and stretched public services, the next 12 months will be busy for Parliament’s select committees. Labour chairs set out their priorities – starting with Clive Betts

24 Sep Political parties

My Labour Manifesto: Our 'Peace and Prosperity' manifesto should offer radical solutions

Only an investment-led recovery can deliver the prosperity we need to fund the NHS and all our public services

23 Sep Economy

Balancing the books – what is Labour's economic offer to the UK?

As the cost of living crisis bites, Labour could enter government facing the most challenging set of economic circumstances for a generation. Chaminda Jayanetti explores the party’s offering as it heads towards the next election.

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23 Sep Health

Hungry children, a political choice?

The National Education Union is proud to work with The Mirror on a joint campaign – Free School Meals for All. We demand that no child in primary school face the pain and distress of going hungry. Children cannot learn if they are not eating properly and, despite the best efforts of parents and carers, spiralling living costs are pushing families to the edge.

How Labour can shift the narrative from short to long-term solutions on the energy crisis

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22 Sep Environment

How Labour can shift the narrative from short to long-term solutions on the energy crisis

With a tough winter ahead, Labour has the chance to articulate how we can achieve a just transition to net zero.

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14 Sep Environment

Join [email protected] at Party Conferences

[email protected], The University of Manchester’s sector leading policy engagement institute, are running an exciting programme for Labour and Conservative conferences.

26 Aug Political parties

How Westminster Works: How To Become An MP

How Westminster Works is a new limited podcast series from PoliticsHome, that takes a deep dive into the history, quirks and peculiar practices of UK politics.

11 Aug Economy

Labour Vows To End "Morally Wrong" Higher Rates On Pre-Payment Energy Bills

Labour has pledged to end households with pre-payment meters having to pay a higher rate than direct debit customers, in the first of several cost-of-living policies that the opposition will roll out in the coming days.

10 Aug Economy

Labour Is Finally Preparing To Unveil Cost-Of-Living Policy Proposals As Energy Crisis Escalates

Exclusive: Labour is preparing to make several policy announcements on the worsening cost-of-living crisis, with the first set to be detailed in a speech by Keir Starmer as soon as early next week.

19 Jul Political parties

Forde Report Accuses "Both Factions" In Labour Of Treating Anti-Semitism "As A Factional Weapon"

Exclusive: The Forde Report has revealed that the independent inquiry into a leaked Labour report received “shocking” evidence about Labour and found that “both factions” treated anti-Semitism in the party “as a factional weapon”.

18 Jul Culture

Lucy Powell interview: 'The Tories were found to be on the wrong side of modern Britain'

Amid a Tory leadership race and a great British summer of sport, shadow digital, culture, media and sport secretary Lucy Powell talks to Sienna Rodgers about politics and play

14 Jul Political parties

Labour Has Been Briefed On Winning Elections From Australia's Centre-Left Leadership

Exclusive: The Shadow Cabinet was briefed by strategists from the newly elected governing Australian Labor Party last week as Keir Starmer seeks to become the first Labour leader to win a UK general election in 17 years.

09 Jul Political parties

If Tory MPs allow Johnson to squat in No 10, Labour will bring a vote of no confidence

At the end of a tumultuous week in British politics, one thing remains unchanged: Boris Johnson is still Prime Minister.

08 Jul Political parties

Labour Pledges To Remove Boris Johnson From No 10 If Tories Do Not “Get Their Act Together”

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has said the party will seek to remove Boris Johnson from Downing Street next week, claiming it is “unacceptable” for the Prime Minister to stay in post.

05 Jul Political parties

Labour Leadership Branded “Heartless” In Row Over Left-Wing MP Deselection

Allies of Keir Starmer have been branded “heartless” after they rejected calls for votes against reselecting Labour MP Apsana Begum to be invalidated in light of her being signed off sick.

01 Jul Political parties

Mrs Crackenthorpe's diary – 4 July 2022 edition

Sumer is icumen in, as once they sang in the round; already we find ourselves tormented by British disappointment at Wimbledon and a Palace that’s far sweatier than it should be. In such foisty conditions, gossip has a tendency to breed at an exponential rate, so it’s fortunate your diarist has had her ear to the ground.