Tom Belger
Editor at LabourList
@LabourList editor. Stories, op-eds, anonymous tip-offs very welcome via DM or tom.belger@ + [email protected]. Once at @SchoolsWeek, @YahooUK, @LivEchonews.
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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 | Tom Belger
The West of England mayor and MP Dan Norris has been arrested and suspended by Labour, swelling the ranks of Labour-elected independent MPs to seven and threatening to overshadow the imminent mayoral election. Labour confirmed on Saturday it had suspended the party membership of the one-time junior New Labour minister, removing the whip from the MP and mayor for the West of England region over his arrest, though the party declined to confirm the nature of the allegations against Norris.
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3 weeks ago |
labourlist.org | Daniel Green |Tom Belger
The deputy leader of Rotherham Council has become the latest Labour councillor to quit the party over the government’s welfare reforms and cutbacks, with ministers expected to confirm another £500m in cuts today. Welfare reforms unveiled by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall aim to save £5bn as part of today’s Spring Statement – with measures including restricting eligibility to personal independence payments for disabled people.
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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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RT @Joe_Dromey: Good to speak to @LucRaghallaigh and @tom_belger at @LabourList about our purpose at @thefabians, ‘Starmerism’, and the fut…
RT @PolitlcsUK: 🚨 NEW: The government has pledged an extra £889 million of funding for GPs for the 25/26 financial year
Winter fuel, planning, WASPI - quite striking how a government that shuns controversy in a lot of areas is lumping the fight on three issues that disproportionately attract criticism from older voters. Sign of Labour doubling down on its younger coalition?
Make that 12...
