Daniel Green

Labour members evenly split over approach to trans rights, poll finds - LabourList Labour members are evenly split over the government’s approach to trans rights in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling, a poll for LabourList has revealed.

🏳️‍⚧️ Survation poll exposes even split among Labour members towards government's approach to trans rights

Remembering Robin Cook: 'A Scottish Labour giant whose vision still resonates' - LabourList Two decades on, we remember Robin Cook not with sadness alone but with gratitude. Gratitude for a Scottish Labour giant whose example continues to guide us.

🌹 "Robin Cook was not just a political figure; he was a titan."

@gregorpoynton.bsky.social reflects on the legacy of Robin Cook 20 years on from his death

Labour Tribes Mapped: Interactive guide to Labour MPs – by PLMR and LabourList - LabourList LabourList and leading comms agency PLMR are proud to unveil the Labour Tribes Mapped project,  a one-of-a-kind interactive guide to Labour's 403 MPs.

Proud to launch Labour Tribes Mapped for @labourlist.bsky.social - our interactive guide to better understand the PLP labourlist.org/2025/07/labo...

Pride Month: What Pride means to Labour's LGBT+ MPs - LabourList To mark Pride Month, we spoke to some of Labour’s LGBT+ MPs to ask what Pride means to them.

🏳️‍🌈 "I stumbled on my first Pride by accident. As the parade passed by, I understood I wasn't alone."

To mark Pride Month, we asked Labour's LGBT+ MPs what Pride means to them 🔽

MPs vote in favour of assisted dying at the final reading with a majority of 23, down from 55 at second reading

MPs will be voting on the assisted dying bill very shortly - my tracker for @labourlist.bsky.social puts support among Labour MPs at 221 to 159

As MPs prepare to debate the third reading of the assisted dying bill, here is how my tracker for @labourlist.bsky.social currently stands

FOR 222
AGAINST 158

Government whip Vicky Foxcroft resigns over benefit reforms - LabourList Government whip Vicky Foxcroft has resigned from her role after admitting she cannot support the proposed reforms to disability benefits.

Government whip Vicky Foxcroft has resigned after saying she cannot support government plans to reform disability benefit

Will Labour's missions follow online dashboard in being quietly shelved? - LabourList Detailed documents outlining Labour's missions have been deleted from the party's website, begging the question of whether they will join the online dashboard in being quietly shelved.

🌹 Documents outlining Labour's 'missions' have been quietly deleted from the party's website, LabourList can reveal

King's Birthday Honours: Full list of Labour figures being awarded - LabourList More than a dozen current and former Labour politicians and staff are being awarded in the King's Birthday Honours list.

🌹 More than a dozen current and former Labour politicians and staff are being awarded in the King’s Birthday Honours list

🔥Top reporting and graphics by my colleague @dangreenjourno.bsky.social for this coverage, picked up across the media today.

Migrant councillor gives stark warning on why PM's migration plan won’t work - LabourList Labour councillor Dr Alex Bulat has warned that doubling the length of time people like her have to wait to apply for citizenship won't work.

🇬🇧🌎 A Labour councillor and general election candidate who was born overseas has warned that doubling the length of time that migrants like her have to wait to apply for citizenship won’t work.

More from Alex Bulat:

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Starmer won targeting Red Wall voters. Now even their MPs rebel on winter fuel - LabourList Red Wall Labour MPs have called on the government to rethink its position on issues such as the winter fuel allowance to avoid a "existential crisis" at the next general election.

🧱First a string of MPs on the left, then Usdaw, now the Red Wall caucus of MPs.

The revolt on winter fuel cuts is widening even as Downing St fights to hold the line. By @dangreenjourno.bsky.social

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Battle for Barking: Margaret Hodge on lessons for beating Reform 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.

It's been an honour to speak to her about the 'Battle for Barking' and the lessons Labour can learn from that election in tackling the threat of Reform

My first election I remember was the 2010 general election – I remember waking up early the Friday morning after polling day to see the results overnight and seeing
@margarethodge.bsky.social defeat the BNP in Barking

Labour Senedd member warns of 'simmering discontent' with Westminster ahead of next year's Senedd election - LabourList 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.

🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿“There is a growing sense that we’re being treated with contempt by the UK government.”

A Labour MS expresses fears of a potential reckoning for the party at next year’s Senedd election:

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Mayor elections 2025: Poll results breakdown as YouGov predicts four Labour defeats - LabourList Labour is forecast to lose all four combined mayoral elections on May 1, according to polling by YouGov.

🥀 Labour forecast to lose each of the combined mayoral elections next week, YouGov poll claims

Local elections expert predicts 'bad night' for Labour An election expert has predicted a "bad night" for Labour at the 2025 local elections next week, warning it is likely to emerge with overall councillor numbers virtually unchanged despite a likely col...

🗳️Reform could gain as many as 450 councillors, particularly in the Midlands and North in seats which “should have gone to Labour”.

Read more here:

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The meme elections: Labour's social media pivot to take fight to Farage - LabourList Labour is embracing the use of memes in its attacks on Nigel Farage and Reform UK ahead of…

😂🌹📱Labour is embracing the use of memes in its attacks on Nigel Farage and Reform UK ahead of the local elections.

@dangreenjourno.bsky.social takes a look at the party's meme election campaign:

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'Canada's Liberals are riding a national pride wave – could Labour do the same?' - LabourList In Canada, we’re in elbows up defensive mode. Whether this succeeds in smashing the status quo or simply propping it up, it’s still too soon to tell.

🇨🇦 "In communications, there's a saying: the best storyteller wins. The Liberal Party is enjoying a storytelling resurgence."

Trish Hennessy on how the centre-left in Canada is riding the wave of national pride

Runcorn: one in ten Labour voters to back Reform at by-election - poll - LabourList More than one in ten Labour voters in Runcorn and Helsby plan on backing Reform UK at the upcoming by-election, a new constituency poll has found.

A constituency poll shows Reform five points ahead of Labour in Runcorn and Helsby

Labour leaflet attacking Reform over NHS sells out on party's online shop - LabourList Labour’s online shop recently sold out of its first attack leaflet targeting Nigel Farage’s Reform UK over its…

The leaflet uses a mock bill to highlight how Reform would "scrap the NHS as we know it and replace it with private health insurance"

Dawn Butler launches cross-party Parliamentary Black Caucus - LabourList Dawn Butler has launched a cross-party group of black and African-Caribbean politicians to advance racial equality in the UK.

Members of the new cross-party grouping include Diane Abbott, Clive Lewis, Kim Johnson and Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Annelise Dodds resigns from government over foreign aid budget cuts - LabourList International development minister Anneliese Dodds has resigned from her post over Keir Starmer's decision to cut the foreign aid budget to fund a boost in defence spending.

BREAKING: International development minister Anneliese Dodds resigns over foreign aid budget cuts

'Not a Labour government': Former development secretary Clare Short hits out over foreign aid cuts - LabourList Former international development secretary Clare Short has hit out at Keir Starmer’s decision to cut the foreign aid budget to boost defence spending, saying his administration is “in many respects… n...

"I am afraid that, in many respects, this is simply not a Labour government"

Former development secretary Clare Short hits out at Keir Starmer's decision to cut foreign aid

Starmer unveils £200m investment in Grangemouth at Scottish Labour conference - LabourList Keir Starmer has unveiled a £200m investment in Grangemouth to support its future.

The Prime Minister announced a £200m investment from the National Wealth Fund to support Grangemouth

Scottish Labour chiefs lose conference vote for biology-based single-sex spaces - LabourList Scottish Labour’s ruling body has suffered at blow at the party’s annual conference in a row over gender…

Delegates engaged in a heated debate around the motion, with some of those in favour at times heckling and booing others speaking to oppose

Who is Ashley Dalton, the government’s new health minister after Gwynne row? – LabourList The government has announced its new health minister after Andrew Gwynne was dismissed following a row over offensive WhatsApp messages. Gwynne, the MP for Gorton…

West Lancashire MP Ashley Dalton has been unveiled as the new health minister following Andrew Gwynne's sacking over the weekend

Interview: New FBU general secretary on the danger of austerity, fighting Reform at work and socialism starting at home – LabourList New general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union Steve Wright has warned the government against “any return to any form of austerity”, warning it would…

🚒 Steve Wright, the FBU's new general secretary, has pledged to hold Labour's feet to the fire and fight for greater funding in the fire service

Labour voters would pick welfare and climate cuts over police or pension cuts – LabourList Labour voters would choose cuts to climate change initiatives and welfare over cuts to policing or pensions, a new poll reveals ahead of the Treasury's…

💷 Labour voters would choose cuts to climate change initiatives and welfare over savings to policing or pensions, a new survey by @deltapoll.bsky.social has revealed