Left wing MPs suspended from Labour call for government to change course on benefits after disastrous set of elections

Left wing MPs suspended from Labour call for government to change course on benefits after disastrous set of elections

A growing number of MPs have called for the government to scrap its cuts to both the Winter Fuel Allowance and disability benefits in the aftermath of the party losing a parliamentary by-election and mayoral election to Reform last Thursday. Labour also lost almost 200 local council seats to a number of parties, including Reform, the Lib Dems and the Greens. The intervention from these MPs comes after reports initially suggested that the governm…

Elections were an urgent wake-up call for Labour to change course – Neil Duncan-Jordan MP

“We are absolutely shackled to an all-consuming economic policy that privileges corporate interests above the common good.” By Neil Duncan-Jordan MP Despite the valiant wins in the recent mayoral contests, and the close result in Runcorn and Helsby, large parts of the electoral coalition which just ten months ago delivered a historic landslide has lost faith in the Labour Party. Up until last Thursday, Runcorn was the sixteenth safest seat in Br…

Stourbridge Labour MP speaks out against Government's welfare plans

A West Midland Labour MP has spoken out against the Government's 'ill-thought out' welfare reforms, saying it had left people in her town 'worried sick'.