David Blunkett: “Labour needs to be radical but not scary”
The former home secretary on how Keir Starmer can convince voters and what Rachel Reeves is getting right.
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John McDonnell’s last stand
The former shadow chancellor is now the only leading Corbynite with the Labour whip. Can he save the party’s left…
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Kim Leadbeater is championing a kinder, healthier politics
The Labour MP talks about the influence of her sister, Jo Cox, and making well-being a cornerstone of government policy.
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Rachel and Ellie Reeves: “We were constantly underestimated as state-school girls”
In their first joint interview, the Labour frontbenchers and sisters discuss their relationship, class snobbery and battles with the left.
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Wes Streeting: “NHS privatisation could not be further from my aims”
The shadow health secretary on the Labour left, trans rights and the case against outsourcing health services.
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Peter Tatchell: “Politics is bad today, but nothing like Bermondsey”
The human rights activist on what the violence and homophobia of the 1983 by-election teaches today’s left.
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“Too many people are only here for the politics”: Alicia Kearns on leading foreign policy from the backbenches
From Brexit to TikTok, the youngest chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee is making sure her voice is heard.
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Stephen Flynn: “The Tories and Labour are one and the same”
The SNP’s new man in Westminster on the party’s internal divisions, Scotland’s gender bill and Brexit.
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