Labour needs Owen Jones
The left-wing journalist and campaigner was barred from Labour Party conference
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Labour’s annual conference will take place from Sunday 8 to Wednesday 11 October in Liverpool. Any party member at the conference has the right to vote on motions, and the main topics of discussion are what the Labour Party has to do to win the next general election, strikes, climate action and the cost-of-living crisis. Keir Starmer, the party leader and Prime Minister, and frontbenchers including Angela Rayner, his Deputy Prime Minister, and Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, will give speeches. Here you can find the latest news and commentary on the conference.
Starmer has not yet proved he can solve our quicksand politics
Our political system is that we make huge mistakes, and then reverse them to make mistakes in the opposite direction
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The five lessons of Labour conference
Keir Starmer’s political headaches are far from over.
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The delusional joy of Labour conference
Britain might not be broken, but that does not mean the status quo is functioning
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Keir Starmer shows he is up for the fight
The Prime Minister sought to defy doubters with his most authentic and passionate speech
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Keir Starmer’s conference speech: our writers’ verdicts
David Edgerton, Ayesha Hazarika, Maurice Glasman and others respond to the Prime Minister
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Labour believes it has the antidote to Reform
Can economic growth defeat populism?
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Why is Labour so cheery?
Every faction believes that it could own the future
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David Lammy’s Labour conference speech in full
The Deputy Prime Minister branded Reform’s Indefinite leave to remain plan as “racist”
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Andy Burnham: I want to rejoin the EU
The Manchester mayor made some fairly concrete proposals for what he would do as prime minister
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Rachel Reeves takes aim at Andy Burnham
The Chancellor warned that “critics” who opposed her fiscal strategy were “dangerously” wrong
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Keir Starmer has found an enemy
But has his fightback against Nigel Farage come too late?
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Outside Labour conference, everyone hates Keir Starmer
Left- and right-wing protesters can only agree on one thing: the Prime Minister is doing a bad job
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Is the government about to lift the two-child benefit cap?
Pre-conference pressure means the policy could be abolished next week. But why has it taken so long?
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How Starmer can avoid civil war
With luck and careful management, the Prime Minister should get through Labour conference without political disaster
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Can Keir Starmer find his identity?
The Prime Minister is casting himself as tough on borders and tough on the far right
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No 10 escalates Operation Save Bridget
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
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Why Starmer believes he can defy Farage and Burnham
The Prime Minister will use Labour’s conference to frame himself as the only serious choice
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Winter fuel cuts: Labour conference ends on a sour note
Delegates voted against the policy today, but party operators remain optimistic.
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Starmer conference speech: distant but sunlit uplands
In a message of cautious hope, the prime minister outlined the rewards for the political pain to come.
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