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Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of bilateral talks with Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley at 10 Downing Street, London, April 4, 2025
DRACONIAN new rules are being imposed on Labour MPs to ensure party discipline as the party struggles with plummeting popularity.
Fresh standing orders for the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) make it clear that MPs must campaign wherever the party wishes — or face sanctions from whips.
The move to force MPs to canvass for candidates struggling around the country comes as party campaigners report mounting hostility to Labour on the doorstep, particularly in the wake of benefit cuts.
The PM leaves office having squandered Labour’s electoral mandate and alienated its grassroots. He will not be missed, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP
The electoral cost of Labour’s stance on Gaza is impossible to ignore – the new leadership must take heed, argues PETER LEARY
David Nicholson spoke to BETH WINTER about her bid to become a Senedd member as an independent running on a community grassroots campaign
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP