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Only a week after the government was forced to retreat on benefits reform, there’s now controversy over its plans for children with special educational needs and…

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss why backbenchers and campaigners are already gearing up for another fight, this time over children’s special educational needs and disabilities…

Downing Street should commit to education, health and care plans (EHCPs) to keep the trust of families who have children with special educational needs, the Labour…

For Aiden Robertson, a 35-year-old consultant from Burnley, Labour’s first year back in government can only be summed up as “incredibly disappointing”.The year had been marked,…

David Lipsey, who has died aged 77, was a significant and influential Labour party adviser, a political journalist and then a member of the House of…

A year ago, many around Keir Starmer believed the Labour left had been sealed in a tomb. The suspension of Jeremy Corbyn, the disciplinary action against…

MPs vote through welfare bill by 335 votes to 260 – majority of 75The bill has passed by 335 votes to 260 – a majority of…

The Labour whip who resigned in protest against disability benefit cuts has said Keir Starmer’s concessions do not yet go far enough to win her over,…

Labour ministers have scrapped a promise by the previous government for a £950m fund for installing electric car chargers near motorways, instead setting aside a smaller…

The Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a whip in protest at the government’s welfare plans, saying she will not be able to vote for…