By Joe Mellor, John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor, has said that the Labour party has been considering a radical approach to ensure everyone in the country receives an income. Universal basic income would see everyone receiving a flat fee rather than the current means-tested benefit system. McDonnell said: ““It is ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Politics hit another new low when a Tory MP shouted at shadow chancellor John McDonnell to “shuddap you face.” The bizarre heckle was shouted out as McDonnell wanted some answers from George Osborne about dodgy bankers. It is not clear who shouted out the insult, ...
The Big Issue founder described the ex-PM as the "new inventor of social collapse expressed as benefit", a legacy that was continued by Tony Blair.
"There needs to be an understanding in the Labour leadership in particular, about the role that trade unions will always play no matter who's in government."
"The governing party is sort of collapsing before our eyes. I'm trying to be as objective as I can on this, but literally it's collapsing."
The former shadow chancellor accused Sir Keir Starmer of allowing a "right-wing faction drunk on power" to destroy the Labour left.
The Labour leader didn't say whether left-wing Labour MPs who signed a Stop The War letter on Ukraine could stand for the party in the next election.
“I am motivated by support for equality, social justice and internationalism. That is the Labour brand,” the former Speaker told the Observer.
The Green MP says she cannot be complicit in the creation of a "poorer, smaller UK with diminished global influence".