Labour Party

Feature: What Is Palantir? How a US Spytech Firm Penetrated the British State

Harriet Williamson

How has the UK come to rely on a software company that facilitates US immigration enforcement, predictive policing, AI kill lists and Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza? Harriet Williamson explains.

Long Read: Is Your Party Over?

Rivkah Brown

After a disastrous start, Your Party is hoping to get the show back on the road with elections for a new leadership collective. Can the damage be undone? Rivkah Brown reports.

Prime minister Keir Starmer leaves Downing Street on 2 February 2026. Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Press Wire

Opinion: Why Won’t Keir Starmer Sack Morgan McSweeney Over Mandelsongate?

Ash Sarkar

The scandal over Peter Mandelson’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein is threatening to engulf the prime minister. Yet he's unwilling to sacrifice his chief of staff even to save himself, writes Ash Sarkar.

A group of women wearing keffiyehs hold a banner on a march

Opinion: The Green Party Is Great, But It’s Not Enough

Candi Williams & Anahita Zardoshti

Zack Polanski has revived hope that the left can turn the tide of British politics. But to actually do that, we need a party that can walk the talk, building working-class power from the ground up, write Your Party leadership candidates Candi Williams and Anahita Zardoshti.

Opinion: Labour Would Rather Lose Elections Than Give an Inch to the Left

Ash Sarkar

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham might actually have a chance of saving Labour from itself, which is exactly why Keir Starmer won’t give him a chance, argues Ash Sarkar.

Zarah Sultana at Your Party's founding conference, 29 September 2025.

Opinion: Inside Your Party Conference: Is This Farewell to Corbynism?

Steven Methven

Your Party members voted for collective leadership. But between the two co-founders, there was really only one winner, writes Steven Methven.

Opinion: Reeves’ Budget Shows Labour’s Backbenchers Are Calling the Shots

Ash Sarkar

After MPs had the whip suspended for rebelling on the two-child benefit cap last year, scrapping it is now government policy. And backbenchers are set to force more concessions, writes Ash Sarkar.

Opinion: The Chancellor’s New Revenue Plans Are a Boon to the Wealthiest

Steven Methven

Freezing income tax bands leaves the wealthiest unaffected, while Rachel Reeves’ deference to the bond markets is another gift to the rich, writes Steven Methven.

People speak to a protest in front of a banner that says 'Scotland demands rent controls'

Opinion: Scotland’s New Rent Controls Put Starmer’s Measly Reforms to Shame

Gordon Maloney

In September, the Scottish government passed a law limiting how much landlords can raise rents. Labour’s renters’ rights bill is a joke by comparison, writes Gordon Maloney.

ACFM: Do We Still Need Political Parties?

Why do they call them parties if they aren't any fun? ACFM investigates.

Feature: How Can Labour Win Over the Flag Protesters? We Asked Them

Rivkah Brown

Out of work, unable to get an NHS appointment and furiously angry at migrants and the government – has Keir Starmer ever spoken to the people he’s trying to win from Nigel Farage? Rivkah Brown did, outside Labour conference in Liverpool.

A woman with red hair, wearing a keffiyeh, is dragged off by police

Report: Labour Is Struggling to Keep Palestine Off Its Conference Agenda

Rivkah Brown

Palestine Action supporters, anti-genocide marchers and pro-Palestine celebrities have disrupted the start of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, which the party had hoped would be about anything but Gaza. Rivkah Brown reports.

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Feature: Meet the Socialist Hoping to Lead Britain’s Biggest Trade Union

Polly Smythe

Andrea Egan wants to turn the 1.3 million-member Unison from a creaking bureaucracy to a vehicle for worker power. Polly Smythe meets her.

Opinion: The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Any analysis of the political situation in the UK that does not account for the media is so incomplete as to be useless, argues Phil McDuff.

A man with silver hair and glasses, wearing a suit, waves a hand in the air

Opinion: Arrogant and Inept, Keir Starmer’s Hubris Is Blowing Up in His Face

Joe Guinan

Liberals and lobby journalists jubilated last year when the grownups were finally put back in charge. Now, Starmer’s future and indeed Labour’s seem as certain as an iceberg lettuce, writes Joe Guinan.

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Report: Here’s All the Government Handouts Landlords Get

Rivkah Brown

News that the chancellor may force landlords to pay national insurance – why don't they already? – got our reporter Rivkah Brown wondering: what other cushy treatment are landlords getting?

A woman with long red hair steps out of a cab carrying a red briefcase

Analysis: Angela Rayner Was Labour’s Designated Defender of Workers’ Rights. Now She’s Gone, Big Business Is Swooping In

Polly Smythe

Starmer’s recent reshuffle saw two champions of Labour’s flagship workers’ rights legislation leave the frontbench, creating a vacuum that businesses are eagerly filling. Polly Smythe surveys an uneasy landscape from the Trade Union Congress's annual meeting.

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Feature: ‘I Live in Constant Fear’: Delivery Couriers Fight for Survival Amid Labour’s Immigration Blitz

Polly Smythe

Food delivery couriers are facing increased attacks from the rightwing press, far-right thugs and now, the Labour government. Polly Smythe reports.

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Feature: What Is Palantir? How a US Spytech Firm Penetrated the British State

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Why Won’t Keir Starmer Sack Morgan McSweeney Over Mandelsongate?

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: The Green Party Is Great, But It’s Not Enough

Candi Williams & Anahita Zardoshti

Opinion: Labour Would Rather Lose Elections Than Give an Inch to the Left

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: Inside Your Party Conference: Is This Farewell to Corbynism?

Steven Methven

Opinion: Reeves’ Budget Shows Labour’s Backbenchers Are Calling the Shots

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: The Chancellor’s New Revenue Plans Are a Boon to the Wealthiest

Steven Methven

Opinion: Scotland’s New Rent Controls Put Starmer’s Measly Reforms to Shame

Gordon Maloney

Report: Labour Is Struggling to Keep Palestine Off Its Conference Agenda

Rivkah Brown

Feature: Meet the Socialist Hoping to Lead Britain’s Biggest Trade Union

Polly Smythe

Opinion: The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Opinion: Arrogant and Inept, Keir Starmer’s Hubris Is Blowing Up in His Face

Joe Guinan

Report: Here’s All the Government Handouts Landlords Get

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: Angela Rayner Was Labour’s Designated Defender of Workers’ Rights. Now She’s Gone, Big Business Is Swooping In

Polly Smythe

Feature: ‘I Live in Constant Fear’: Delivery Couriers Fight for Survival Amid Labour’s Immigration Blitz

Polly Smythe

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Feature: What Is Palantir? How a US Spytech Firm Penetrated the British State

Harriet Williamson

Long Read: Is Your Party Over?

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Why Won’t Keir Starmer Sack Morgan McSweeney Over Mandelsongate?

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: The Green Party Is Great, But It’s Not Enough

Candi Williams & Anahita Zardoshti

Opinion: Labour Would Rather Lose Elections Than Give an Inch to the Left

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: Inside Your Party Conference: Is This Farewell to Corbynism?

Steven Methven

Opinion: Reeves’ Budget Shows Labour’s Backbenchers Are Calling the Shots

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: The Chancellor’s New Revenue Plans Are a Boon to the Wealthiest

Steven Methven

Opinion: Scotland’s New Rent Controls Put Starmer’s Measly Reforms to Shame

Gordon Maloney

ACFM: Do We Still Need Political Parties?

Feature: How Can Labour Win Over the Flag Protesters? We Asked Them

Rivkah Brown

Report: Labour Is Struggling to Keep Palestine Off Its Conference Agenda

Rivkah Brown

Feature: Meet the Socialist Hoping to Lead Britain’s Biggest Trade Union

Polly Smythe

Opinion: The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Opinion: Arrogant and Inept, Keir Starmer’s Hubris Is Blowing Up in His Face

Joe Guinan

Report: Here’s All the Government Handouts Landlords Get

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: Angela Rayner Was Labour’s Designated Defender of Workers’ Rights. Now She’s Gone, Big Business Is Swooping In

Polly Smythe

Feature: ‘I Live in Constant Fear’: Delivery Couriers Fight for Survival Amid Labour’s Immigration Blitz

Polly Smythe

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