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Keir Starmer would lose a head-to-head contest against Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner, Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband, exclusive polling for LabourList by Survation reveals
Starmer would lose leadership contest to Streeting, Rayner, Burnham and Miliband – LabourList
Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting would all win a head-to-head leadership contest against Keir Starmer, exclusive polling of Labour members reveals.…
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November 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has seen her favourability drop 32 points among Labour members since her plans for asylum policy reform were announced
Cabinet rankings: Mahmood sees sharp drop in approval among Labour members – LabourList
Shabana Mahmood’s approval among Labour members has plummeted since her announcement on reform of asylum policy, exclusive polling for LabourList has revealed. The poll, conducted…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
From Tribune to the Growth Group, Compass to the Fabians, Unison to the TSSA and many more.

Find out what the Labour ecosystem want to see from next week's budget
Budget 2025: What do MPs, trade unions and think tanks want from Reeves? – LabourList
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver her second Budget next week, with the mood music surrounding the announcement setting the stage for further tax…
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November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌹 📣 GOOD NEWS! It's your weekly round up of all the good that Labour is doing in government.
Delivering in Government: your weekly round up of good news Labour stories – LabourList
When Oasis announced their reunion tour last year, bad actors were quick to take advantage. They hoovered up tickets, forcing some fans to pay thousands…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Next week, all eyes will be on the Chancellor’s Budget...but we’ve got a Budget of our own to think about! 🤯

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November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
CAN YOU SEE THIS POST? You wouldn't if we had used any actual descriptive words about women's bodies. Women’s health is being censored by the algorithms. This tech-led sexism has to stop says @emily4mk.bsky.social.
‘Big Tech sexism must end’ – LabourList
The technology, the method, may be new, but the issue, sadly, is not.  Women’s health has always been marginalised, questioned, deprioritised. Victorian doctors dismissed women’s…
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November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
LabourList spoke to MPs, think tanks and some of the nation’s trade unions to ask what they want to see from Reeves’ big announcement next Wednesday.
Budget 2025: What do MPs, trade unions and think tanks want from Reeves? – LabourList
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver her second Budget next week, with the mood music surrounding the announcement setting the stage for further tax…
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November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The bond markets have developed an outsized importance in our politics. But what are they? How do they work? And why do they have such an impact on our economy? @tombelger.bsky.social explains all
‘Bond markets explained: How in hock are we – and can we break free?’ – LabourList
Who governs Britain? You don’t have to be a Marxist or conspiracy theorist to wonder if the opaque workings of global finance sometimes count for…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
At the election, Labour offered change. But they campaigned with caution and are now not trusted to deliver it says @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social Keiran Pedley.
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‘Labour won being cautious – but Brits are impatient for radical change’ – LabourList
Caution won Labour a General Election but steady as she goes is no longer enough. It has been another period of frenzied leadership speculation in…
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November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"You need someone with a vision, with the confidence of the British public, MPs, that can run a large organisation, has government experience – and those people are few and far between."

Clive Lewis tells BBC he'd be prepared to stand down to allow Andy Burnham to return to Westminster
Clive Lewis: ‘I would give up seat so Andy Burnham can become MP’ – LabourList
Norwich South MP Clive Lewis has said he would be prepared to give up his seat to allow Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to return…
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November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Shabana Mahmood is walking a tightrope: can Labour be both compassionate and tough on immigration? Emma Burnell how ‘for the many’ is being tested by hard security politics
‘The politics of security – when ‘for the many’ politics becomes uncomfortable for Labour’ – LabourList
I will never forget something a Labour voter in a very safe Tory seat told me once soon after the 1997 election. He said that…
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November 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Two dozen Labour MPs have now spoken out against the government's reforms to the asylum system – follow our tracker with the latest updates
Asylum reform: Full list of MPs opposing government’s immigration proposals – LabourList
More than 20 Labour MPs have expressed criticism of the government's radical reforms to Britain's asylum system. Shabana Mahmood has proposed sweeping new reforms to…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Some MPs have voiced their support for the controversial proposals, but there has been no shortage of those expressing their visceral discomfort too
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Asylum debate: Labour divisions laid bare as Mahmood stands her ground – LabourList
Shabana Mahmood came out fighting in the House of Commons yesterday after more than a dozen Labour MPs made their displeasure at the government's asylum…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Home secretary sent a big signal on the future of asylum laws in the UK. But here are more practical steps she could take says
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‘From signals to system change: we need practical reforms that could cut asylum backlogs and end hotel use’ – LabourList
How important is signalling in politics?  The Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday of “the most sweeping reforms to tackle illegal migration in modern times” is designed…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
👮 More than a dozen Labour MPs have expressed criticism of the government’s radical reforms to Britain’s asylum system.
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Asylum reform: Full list of MPs opposing government’s immigration proposals – LabourList
More than a dozen Labour MPs have expressed criticism of the government's radical reforms to Britain's asylum system. Shabana Mahmood has proposed sweeping new reforms…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
As rumours swirl that a 'tourist tax' might be included in this budget it's worth revisiting this piece from @centreforcities.bsky.social Director Andrew Carter on how this could and should work. labourlist.org/2025/11/tour...
‘A small tax with big potential – let the mayors tax tourists’ – LabourList
The Chancellor needs more growth (as does everyone else), and the metro mayors need more money. There is a simple, small, well-used idea that brings…
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November 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Find out what people have been writing to us about this week
Letters to the Editor – week ending 16th November 2025 – LabourList
Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your own views here. Taxing Questions   Dear…
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November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Pollsters who ask questions that add nuance are rewarded with a richer look at the public’s outlook argues Labour Together's @cwp-weir.bsky.social
‘Bread, circuses, and polling errors: Are we truly measuring what matters?’ – LabourList
The most important part of the body politic is the stomach. The eyes can be distracted, the ears can be blasted with noise, but the…
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November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
'Smearing the membership is not the path to victory' argues @laverymp.bsky.social
‘Smearing the membership is not the path to victory’ – LabourList
The BBC has once again found itself in the firing line this week after its editing of a Donald Trump speech fell well below acceptable…
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November 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The UK system of government and party infrastructures are hard-wired to protect against the style of insurgent politics that propelled Mamdani to victory writes Izzy Lewis
‘The UK will never have a Mamdani moment’ – LabourList
It is the morning of 5th November. Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York City, and some 3,400 miles away, Westminster is awash with…
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November 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM