MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Labour unveils £1.3bn bus transformation fund to reverse Tory cuts
Source: Labour List UK Share this article: Labour has unveiled a new plan to set up a £1.3bn ‘bus transformation fund’ that will reverse Tory cuts to 3,000 bus routes and reinstate services across the country. The fresh policy, which has the support of Unite and RMT unions, is designed particularly to help people from […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Labour will scrap developer get-out clause for ‘rabbit hutch’ flats
Source: Labour List UK Share this article: Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. The Change UK/The Independent Group/TIG/#Change/The Remain Alliance launch ahead of the European elections dominated news and the politico twittersphere yesterday. The band of ex-Labour and Tory MPs had hinted that big names were on the list […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: 83 Labour MPs: Make a public vote your bottom line, Jeremy
Source: Labour List UK © UK Parliament / Jessica Taylor Share this article: 83 Labour MPs have written to Jeremy Corbyn urging him not to agree any Brexit deal without laying down another referendum as a condition of his support. Last week, Theresa May reached out to the Labour leader and expressed a willingness to […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Brexit talks are a trap – but don’t walk away, say LabourList readers
Source: Labour List UK Share this article: LabourList readers believe that Theresa May’s offer to Jeremy Corbyn of Brexit talks was a trap – but say Labour should not walk out of the negotiations, our latest survey has found. Last week, the Prime Minister invited Corbyn for talks to “break the logjam” in parliament, following […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: The Cooper bill, May-Corbyn talks and a growing Labour divide
Source: Labour List UK Share this article: Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Another exhausting day for anyone tasked with following Brexit closely. Yvette Cooper’s bill, which aims to make sure Theresa May sticks to her word and requests an extension from the EU, avoiding no deal on 12th […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Labour talks with PM progress – but pressure rises over public vote
Source: Labour List UK © UK Parliament Share this article: Following a meeting between Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May this afternoon, further cross-party talks are set to take place with the aim of finding a compromise Brexit deal that could secure a Commons majority. Commenting on the initial meeting, a Labour spokesperson said: “We have […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Labour confirms it wants to end freedom of movement
Source: Labour List UK © UK Parliament Share this article: Jeremy Corbyn’s spokesperson has confirmed that it is Labour policy to end freedom of movement once the UK leaves the EU. The 2017 manifesto, For the Many Not the Few, began its section on immigration with the statement: “Freedom of movement will end when we […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: PMQs: Ahead of Brexit head-to-head, Corbyn attacks Tory austerity
Source: Labour List UK Share this article: This afternoon’s PMQs was bound to be an odd one: it came before a meeting between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn in which they are supposed to work together constructively to break the Brexit deadlock in parliament. Could the Prime Minister keep up the personal attacks after appearing […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: May’s offer: a Tory trap or the chance to pass Labour’s Brexit plan?
Source: Labour List UK Share this article: Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. In a statement last night that followed a seven-hour cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister reached out and offered to meet with Jeremy Corbyn to find a way through the Brexit impasse. Unlike most of her previous […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Corbyn responds to Theresa May’s offer of Brexit talks
Source: Labour List UK Share this article: Jeremy Corbyn has accepted Theresa May’s offer of further Brexit talks to break the deadlock. In a response issued this evening, the Labour leader suggested that he would go into the meeting with his five demands for Brexit – customs union membership, dynamic alignment on workers’ rights, etc […]
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