Labour

David Cameron and Nick Clegg attend a press conference at 10 Downing Street.
The Lib Dems have replaced the Tories as Britain's least favourite party
By George Eaton - 05 March 14:59

New polling shows that 49% would not consider voting Lib Dem, compared to 43% who would not consider voting Conservative.

A couple walk past eastern European shops in Boston, in Lincolnshire.
There must be no right turn on immigration
By Diane Abbott - 05 March 12:14

There is no path to victory for Labour through the thickets of anti-immigrant politics and I am confident that Ed Miliband knows this.

Ed Miliband walks through Hyde Park after addressing TUC members.
Ignore the pessimists, Labour is well-placed to win in 2015
By Peter Hain - 04 March 17:01

With the return of Lib Dem defectors and the Tories haemorrhaging support to UKIP, Ed Miliband is looking increasingly like the Prime Minister-designate.

John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington.
John McDonnell interview: how Labour is moving to the left
By Hannah Meltzer - 03 March 12:19

The leader of the Labour left on why his job is to make issues "safe" for Ed Miliband and why the party will be "forced to look at more radical options".

David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in London on 27 February, 2013.
Labour will listen and learn but Eastleigh was a disaster for David Cameron
By Toby Perkins - 02 March 12:48

It will terrify Cameron that even after making so many concessions to the right, the Tories were still beaten by UKIP.

Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander. Photograph: Getty Images.
Douglas Alexander's speech on Scotland: full text
By Douglas Alexander - 01 March 21:55

The shadow foreign secretary calls for a national convention - "Scotland 2025" - "to chart a new vision for an old nation".

Votes for the Eastleigh by-election begin to be counted.
Lib Dems predict victory in Eastleigh, with UKIP in second
By George Eaton - 01 March 2:16

Counting in the by-election continues as the Lib Dems say they have held the seat and predict that UKIP has beaten the Tories.

George Osborne leaves 11 Downing Street in London.
It’s hard to see how Balls and Osborne can both survive the next Budget. Who will fall?
By Rafael Behr - 27 February 16:38

If the Chancellor wriggles free again, Balls’s detractors inside Labour will be howling for blood.

Labour's new advert on "Tory Millionaire's Day"
Labour steps up its 50p tax attack with new "Tory Millionaire's Day" campaign
By George Eaton - 26 February 15:40

Ahead of the abolition of the 50p tax rate on 6 April, Labour looks again to paint the Tories as the party of the rich.

Protesters occupy the Fortnum and Mason department store.
Why doesn’t Labour face a UKIP of the left?
By Kevin Meagher - 26 February 12:17

The loyalty of the trade unions to Labour, the rebirth of street politics and, in Scotland and Wales, Plaid Cymru and the SNP help explain why the party faces no effective challenge from the left.

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