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 Almost exactly two years ago Keir Starmer made his opening speech as Prime Minister from the lectern outside 10 Downing Street. Amongst the usual content, he bravely brought attention to a normally taboo subject for the politically cautious – the prisons crisis he had inherited. Even more bravely, he acknowledged that prisons in the UK were too full, and we could no l...

This is the first of our pitches from those standing to be the leader of Scottish Labour. LabourList has approached all declared candidates to give them the same opportunity to make their case. 

Labour is at our best when we give people hope that tomorrow can be better than today. Across Scotland, too many people have lost that sense of hope. Folk are str...

Boldly, confidently, authentically Labour.

That’s the government that I promised you two weeks ago – a government with a clear political direction, rooted in the values our movement was built on.

It’s only been a fortnight – but that promise is already starting to take shape.

Because what we’ve announced so far are all part of the same foundational idea. ...

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Andy Burnham is right to argue that economic growth should reach every postcode. But if his government is serious about inclusive growth, it cannot continue to overlook one of the biggest barriers preventing millions of people from participating fully in the economy: women’s health.

Health and economic growth are rarely discussed in the same breath, while women’s healt...