Report: Are Rent Controls Coming to the UK?
Rivkah Brown
40 years since Thatcher scrapped them, rent controls are back on the political agenda. Rivkah Brown reports.
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Opinion: Labour’s Cult of Factionalism Is Going Into Overdrive
Andrew Fisher
From Emma Dent Coat to Maurice Mcleod, the Labour right is busy destroying would-be leftwing MPs - and its own electoral prospects in the process, writes Andrew Fisher.
Report: Keir Starmer Is a Big Fan of This Union Leader. His Staff, Not so Much
Polly Smythe
Usdaw staff are taking two days of strike action over pay and home working. The general secretary has been accused of pitting workers against each other.
Report: Labour Bans Three Kurdish Attendees From Conference While Cosying up to Turkey
Rivkah Brown
Three Kurdish attendees were denied entry to Labour party conference on security grounds. Some have questioned whether it has anything to do with Erdogan's Turkey.
Report: Labour Conference Will Be Rife With Corporate Greenwashing
Simon Childs
Labour is letting big polluters use its conference for corporate "greenwashing", while party activists have been blocked from putting forward green motions. Simon Childs reports.
Report: ‘Labour Weaponised My Domestic Abuse to Get Rid of Me’: Apsana Begum on Her Return to Politics
Rivkah Brown
Exclusive: Three months after the Labour party ‘weaponised’ abuse that left her in A&E, Britain’s first hijabi MP returns to politics.
Report: A Domestic Violence Expert Warned Keir Starmer That Labour Was Complicit in Apsana Begum’s ‘Abuse’. He Did Nothing
Rivkah Brown
Exclusive: A domestic violence expert begged Keir Starmer to save Apsana Begum from a trigger ballot process she described as an ‘extension of [her] abuse’. The Labour leader let it continue. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Will the Unions Actually Ditch Labour?
Tom Williams
With the Labour party's betrayal of workers, the threat of union disaffiliation looms. But will it actually happen? Tom Williams takes a look.
Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Betrayal of Workers is Nothing New for Labour
Jodie Collins
Revisionist history has the public dreaming of a time when the Labour party stood up for organised labour. It’s a myth.
Analysis: Were the 70s Really That Great?
Juliet Jacques
From the union boom to radical TV, the left tends to see the 70s through rose-tinted glasses. We should beware nostalgia, writes Juliet Jacques.
Report: ‘It Was Just Relentless’: Black and Muslim Labour Councillors Reveal Experiences of Party Racism
Taj Ali
In the wake of the Forde report’s findings of a 'hierarchy of racism' within the Labour party, ethnic minority politicians are sharing their experiences. Taj Ali reports.
Analysis: Keir Starmer is Finally Learning That Rightwing Groups Aren’t Interested in Jewish Safety
Em Hilton
Groups like the Campaign Against Antisemitism have been given moral authority in the fight against anti-Jewish hate. The Labour party is beginning to realise its mistake.
Analysis: Six Key Takeaways From the Forde Report Into Labour’s Civil War
Simon Childs
Factional, insensitive and racist members of Labour's senior management team secretly diverted funds away from pro-Corbyn candidates. Antisemitism was weaponised against everyone - and the media failed to accurately report any of it.
Analysis: The Forde Report Proves the Labour Machine Was Rotten to Its Core
Aaron Bastani
No amount of spin can conceal the Forde report’s knockout punch: Labour’s management team was an embittered faction, out to destroy Jeremy Corbyn. And the mainstream media completely failed to expose it.
Opinion: Why is Starmer Reopening the Pandora’s Box of Brexit?
Andrew Fisher
Rather than sit back and watch the Tory party implode, Starmer has chosen this moment to revive the most toxic subject in British politics, writes Andrew Fisher.
Report: In Stroud, Starmer’s Labour is Undermining Local Leaders – Again
Aaron Bastani
Labour is offering members in Stroud just two people to choose from for their next parliamentary candidate - neither of which is the local favourite. Aaron Bastani reports.
Opinion: Keir Starmer Doesn’t Trust Ordinary People
Aaron Bastani
Labour’s selection stitch-up in Wakefield shows that Britain's liberal establishment doesn’t trust people to run their own lives, argues Aaron Bastani.
Novara Live: Starmer’s Pledge to Resign, Northern Ireland Assembly, Cost of Living Crisis
Keir Starmer has pledged he will resign if fined by Durham police. Is this an act of political genius, or career suicide? Plus: The cost of living crisis continues and we take a further look at the ramifications of the historic election result to the Northern Ireland assembly. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.