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Trans Labour councillor resigns from party over 'throwing trans people under the bus'

6 days ago | labourlist.org | Luke O'Reilly

A trans Labour councillor has resigned from the party, accusing it of having “thrown transgender people under the bus”. Dylan Tippetts, who sits on Plymouth City Council and is chair of the Taxi Licensing committee, said he could no longer represent a party “that does not support (his) fundamental rights”. “The Labour Party nationally has thrown transgender people under the bus and has taken us backwards decades.
'Jobs saved, jobs won, but not job done': Keir Starmer heralds US-UK trade deal

6 days ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has heralded a new trade deal between the UK and the United States, which will see American tariffs reduced in exchange for greater market access to US goods. The deal sees tariffs removed on UK steel and aluminium and cuts the tariff rate on most car exports to just ten percent. In exchange, the UK has agreed “reciprocal market access on beef” and will remove tariffs on ethanol for American goods.
Labour MPs slam disabled benefit cuts as 'impossible to support': Letter and list of rebels in full

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

Dozens of Labour MPs have said that the government’s plans to cut disability benefit are “impossible to support” and called for a “change in direction”.
Councillors in Reform-won Doncaster were 'sacrificial lambs over winter fuel'

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Luke O'Reilly

Labour local election candidates who lost their seats to Reform in Doncaster have blamed Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves for the party’s eviction from power by the insurgent party last week, with one saying they felt like “sacrificial lambs”. Labour lost control of Doncaster council to Nigel Farage’s party after 15 years in charge on Friday, losing 28 seats.
Starmer won targeting Red Wall voters. Now even their MPs rebel on winter fuel

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

Targeting a particular kind of Red Wall voter was a key part of Labour’s strategy going into the 2024 election, from embracing the Union Jack to talking tough on defence, immigration and Brexit. Labour won back swathes of seats it had recently lost in once-solid heartlands, and many of the newly elected MPs arguably owe much of their success to Keir Starmer’s rebranding of the party.
Labour Senedd member warns of 'simmering discontent' with Westminster ahead of next year's Senedd election

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

A Labour member of the Senedd has said there is a “growing sense” that the UK government is treating Wales “with contempt”, hitting out at the national insurance hike and over Port Talbot. The MS, who spoke to LabourList under anonymity, also expressed fears at the prospect of Reform becoming the largest party in Wales and the “untold damage they could do” in government, with 12 months to go until the next Senedd election.
Margaret Hodge on lessons for beating Reform

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

On an otherwise disappointing night 15 years ago, Labour activists celebrated in east London as the British National Party were trounced in Barking. While the 2010 general election saw Labour ousted from power, Margaret Hodge not only defended her seat from the BNP’s Nick Griffin, but increased her share of the vote. “Tony Blair wrote this really lovely letter saying you were the only good news of the night,” Hodge said.
Baroness Hodge urges government to 'change the discourse' on immigration amid Reform surge

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

Do you value LabourList’s coverage? We need your support. Our independent journalists have been on the ground during this local and by-election campaign, which marks the first key electoral test of Keir Starmer’s government. We’ve been out and about with Labour activists and candidates across the country from Bristol to Hull, and will soon be heading to Cambridgeshire and Lancashire – as well as Runcorn and Helsby. We’ve also polled readers for their views on the campaign.
Faster, fairer, or further right? Labour MPs divided over local election fallout

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

Rifts within the Labour Party have been exposed as MPs delivered a range of responses in how the party should respond to their disappointing performance in the local elections. MPs have called for urgent introspection from the government as Reform UK made gains across England, with Labour losing two-thirds of the seats they were defending. Reform gained control of ten councils, including Durham, and won the parliamentary by-election in Runcorn and Helsby from Labour by just six votes.
'We know people want change. Labour needs to make it'

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Morgan Jones

Do you value LabourList’s coverage? We need your support. Our independent journalists have been on the ground during this local and by-election campaign, which marks the first key electoral test of Keir Starmer’s government. We’ve been out and about with Labour activists and candidates across the country from Bristol to Hull, and will soon be heading to Cambridgeshire and Lancashire – as well as Runcorn and Helsby. We’ve also polled readers for their views on the campaign.