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LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) – Once seen as hostile to banks, Britain’s Labour has courted lenders in recent years as it attempts to gain power, yet some of the left-leaning …
Consumer-focused lending under Labour could dent UK bank profits Read More
“I want the highest possible quality candidates to put before the electorate,” Labour leader Keir Starmer told the press as the election campaign started. With leftwingers like Faiza Shaheen and Lloyd Russell-Moyle excluded, …
Meet the Labour Candidates Lobbying for Oil, Gas and Arms Companies Read More
Dark Arts predicts Labour is about to perform another policy U-turn in the coming weeks by dropping a commitment to force private equity bosses to pay the same rate that …
Inside the lobbying campaign to force Labour’s next U-turn Read More
The most senior Labour figure yet has confirmed that the party will not follow Conservative spending plans if elected later this year. Speaking to Byline Times, Shadow Climate Change and …
Labour Won’t Stick to Conservative Spending Plans, Ed Miliband Confirms Read More
Dirk Ehnts suggests that Liz Truss’s downfall may have not been because she was wrong. Shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said in 2021 that delaying tackling climate breakdown would be at …
Was Truss on the money? Read More
Commenting on the Labour Party’s plan for financial services, Fergus Moffatt, Head of UK Policy at ShareAction, said: “The Labour Party’s plan for financial services includes some promising proposals to …
Labour’s financial services plan – ShareAction response Read More
Labour went cap-in-hand to two scandal-hit consultancy firms that its own shadow chancellor said should be broken up, openDemocracy can reveal. The party has quietly accepted more than £230,000 worth …
Revealed: Labour taking free staff from scandal-hit consulting firms Read More
A commission led by former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for a future Labour government to replace the controversial House of Lords with an elected upper chamber, in a …
Labour’s plan to ‘abolish’ the House of Lords: what exactly has been proposed – and the chances Keir Starmer will adopt it Read More