Luke O'Reilly
Senior Reporter at LabourList
News reporter at PA, covering the Grenfell Inquiry among other topics
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1 week ago |
labourlist.org | Luke O'Reilly |Tom Belger
The Supreme Court has ruled that the term sex refers to biological women in the Equality Act, in a verdict set to reignite deep Labour divides over trans rights. At the heart of the case was a decision by the Scottish government, then led by the SNP, to count trans-women with gender recognition certificates as women as part of legislation to establish gender quotas for public boards.
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2 weeks ago |
labourlist.org | Tom Belger |Luke O'Reilly
Labour has delayed a shakeup of its rulebook for MPs after being accused of trying to “bum rush” controversial changes, including threatened sanctions for not campaigning enough. LabourList can also reveal the proposed reforms would reduce MPs’ opportunities to make their case in disciplinary cases, and empower the chief whip to both refer cases to the party to investigate and suspend MPs facing such party probes.
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2 weeks ago |
labourlist.org | Luke O'Reilly
Union leaders have called on the Prime Minister to ease fiscal rules and improve the UK’s Brexit deal as stocks tumble in the wake of Donald Trump’s tariffs. It has been less than a week since the US President sent global stock markets into freefall after announcing tariffs on almost every country in the world, including the UK.
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2 weeks ago |
labourlist.org | Luke O'Reilly
Karen Shore, Labour’s candidate in the Runcorn and Helsby, is under no illusion who her biggest threat is in the upcoming by-election – Reform. Since the general election, the party’s popularity has surged while Labour’s has plummeted, leaving the parties neck-to-neck in the polls. In response, many in Labour now see Farage’s party as their biggest threat – particularly in former industrial heartlands like Runcorn. Shore is one of them, and sees the election as a two-horse race.
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4 weeks ago |
labourlist.org | Luke O'Reilly |Tom Belger
Labour has been accused of seeking to constrain party discussion over future welfare policy by a member of its governing body, just as the government unveils further cuts to benefits. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced further welfare cuts during her Spring Statement on Wednesday, in a move that has dismayed many Labour figures.
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Revealed: MPs risk new sanctions for not campaigning enough, in a now-delayed move interpreted by some MPs as a thinly veiled push to increase canvassing for upcoming elections like the Runcorn by-election. Read more here: https://t.co/Gv7LeK97UU
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