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Chatham
Which CLPs are nominating who in the 2020 Labour leadership race?
newstatesman.com - New Statesman Politics Desk
The race now moves onto nominations from constituency Labour parties and affliates: who will make it to the contest proper? Five candidates for the …
5 hours ago
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Keir Starmer
Everything points the same way: to a victory for Keir Starmer
newstatesman.com - Stephen Bush
A second successive YouGov poll has put Keir Starmer way ahead in the Labour leadership race, with 46 per cent of the vote, ahead of Rebecca …
8 hours ago
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Jo Swinson
What now for the humbled Liberal Democrats?
newstatesman.com - Ailbhe Rea
Exclusive: Five Liberal Democrat MPs are considering standing for the leadership as intense divisions emerge over Jo Swinson’s leadership and the …
10 hours ago
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Keir Starmer
What do CLP nominations tell us about the Labour leadership race?
newstatesman.com - Stephen Bush
Constituency Labour parties have begun nominating candidates for the vacant party leadership. In the past, these have proved a pretty good yardstick …
10 hours ago
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Gambling
When it comes to gambling, the Conservatives are right about Labour's legacy
newstatesman.com - George Grylls
The 2005 Gambling Act has proved to be a disaster. The government is finally responding, but is it enough? To do well in business you have to be …
10 hours ago
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Wales
How a 40-year-old Welsh folk song reached number one in the UK singles chart
newstatesman.com - Anonymous
An independence campaign group in Wales pushed the song up the charts. Why now, and what does it tell us about modern Britain? Every now and again, a …
12 hours ago
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Independence Referendums
The Conservatives are finally developing a serious plan to stop Scottish independence
newstatesman.com - Chris Deerin
As well as forging a new unionist narrative, the government is expected to spend lavishly in Scotland. Theresa May was an authentically unionist prime …
13 hours ago
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Keir Starmer
Will Rebecca Long-Bailey’s views on abortion affect her Labour leadership campaign?
newstatesman.com - Stephen Bush
Controversy over Long-Bailey’s message to her local deanery may overshadow her speech in Manchester tonight, in which she’ll launch her campaign for …
16 hours ago
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Keir Starmer
Will Sadiq Khan endorse Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership?
newstatesman.com - George Eaton
Both former human rights lawyers, both hailing from Labour's soft left, Starmer and Khan have known each other for more than 20 years. Before the …
17 hours ago
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Keir Starmer
The Bakers’ Union clears Rebecca Long-Bailey’s path to the Labour leadership ballot
newstatesman.com - Patrick Maguire
The endorsement of the left-wing food union suggests Long-Bailey will enjoy a straightforward journey to the next round of the contest. The Bakers, …
17 hours ago
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Labour Party (UK)
What Labour leadership candidates are telling the grassroots – and why
newstatesman.com - Patrick Maguire
The statements circulated by the contenders to local parties reveal much about how they intend to win - and the post-Corbyn Labour Party's political …
1 day ago
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Jess Phillips
Should Jess Phillips worry about Labour registered supporters?
newstatesman.com - Patrick Maguire
The Corbynsceptic candidate wants to rebalance the selectorate. But only 14,700 people have paid £25 to vote for Jeremy Corbyn's successor - a …
1 day ago
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Radiation Therapy
The government has wasted vast sums on unbuilt hospitals - but PFI is a hard habit to break
newstatesman.com - Jonny Ball
A new report by the National Audit Office finds that Liverpool will wait another five years to use its new hospital. But with huge spending pledges …
2 days ago
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Keir Starmer
Labour MPs warn that party leadership is “controlling” hustings
newstatesman.com - George Grylls
The first leadership debate is due to take place in Liverpool this Saturday, but MPs complain of a lack of basic information on the events. Following …
1 day ago
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Child Poverty
Why scrapping A&E targets won’t allow the government to disguise the NHS crisis
newstatesman.com - Anoosh Chakelian
As with alternative child poverty statistics, the reality of the situation – and how it jars with the rhetoric of extra funding – will still be clear. …
1 day ago
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Keir Starmer
Rebecca Long-Bailey misses out on TSSA nomination
newstatesman.com - Patrick Maguire
The Corbynite transport union will ballot its members on whether to support Keir Starmer or Long-Bailey, in a blow to the latter. Good news for …
1 day ago
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Keir Starmer
Long-Bailey to compete with Starmer for TSSA nomination
newstatesman.com - Patrick Maguire
The Corbynite transport union will ballot its members on whether to support Keir Starmer or Long-Bailey, in a blow to the latter. Good news for …
1 day ago
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United Kingdom
How Labour leadership candidates should answer the Scotland question
newstatesman.com - Leighton Andrews
Labour’s problem over recent decades is that it has largely been dragged to a position of constitutional reform more by a fear of nationalism than …
1 day ago
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Indie Music
Bombay Bicycle Club: "We’re not just one of those indie bands"
newstatesman.com - Ellen Peirson-Hagger
After a six-year hiatus, Bombay Bicycle Club are back with the introspective Everything Else Has Gone Wrong. Jack Steadman and Jamie MacColl talk …
1 day ago
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Stock Markets
Emerging markets: what’s your excuse?
newstatesman.com - Anonymous
Senior Investment Manager at Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Company takes a look at the challenges and opportunities to be found in emerging …
1 day ago
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Jeremy Corbyn
With the right leader, Labour can turn a page on anti-Semitism
newstatesman.com - Anonymous
The party can reset its broken relationship with the Jewish community – but only with a candidate who has and will use their agency to fight …
1 day ago
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Dmitry Medvedev
Why did the entire Russian government just resign?
newstatesman.com - Aliide Naylor
There has been a power shift from the hands of former president and prime minister Dmitriy Medvedev into the hands of Mikhail Mishustin. On 15 …
1 day ago
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Scotland
Scottish nationalists must confront reality: there is no obvious route to independence
newstatesman.com - Rory Scothorne
The constitutional and political paths to a second referendum are currently blocked. By the end of the 1980s, Scotland was in political limbo. …
1 day ago
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Keir Starmer
A LabourList poll has put Rebecca Long-Bailey ahead of Keir Starmer. But does that matter?
newstatesman.com - Stephen Bush
The new survey is a useful corrective to at least two narratives about the Labour leadership race. Who’s having the better morning: Keir Starmer, who …
1 day ago
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Pregnancy
After my miscarriage, I was grieving – but it was treated as a routine physical problem
newstatesman.com - Anonymous
Acknowledgement of the mental toll, as discovered in a UK study this week, could have helped ease my trauma. On the train to Manchester I started to …
1 day ago
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Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson’s Tory opponents seek refuge as select committee chairs
newstatesman.com - Patrick Maguire
Jeremy Hunt and Greg Clark are among those seeking new power bases as Tory resistance to the government takes shape. One of the ways in which Jeremy …
2 days ago
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Keir Starmer
Labour leadership: Rebecca Long-Bailey backed by slight majority of Momentum members
newstatesman.com - Anonymous
The Corbynite candidate is the top choice for 52 per cent of the group's members in a new YouGov survey. Left-wing campaign group Momentum attracted a …
2 days ago
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Keir Starmer
Labour leadership: survey shows Momentum members aren’t unified behind Rebecca Long-Bailey
newstatesman.com - Anonymous
The Corbynite candidate is the top choice for only 27 per cent of the group's members in a new YouGov survey, Left-wing campaign group Momentum …
2 days ago
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Keir Starmer
Labour leadership: Long-Bailey only just scrapes majority among Momentum members
newstatesman.com - Anonymous
The Corbynite candidate is the top choice for only 27 per cent of the group's members in a new YouGov survey, Left-wing campaign group Momentum …
2 days ago