Author: Miles Donavan

Wasn’t this precisely the kind of Budget many voters expected when they elected a Labour government, one that would finally offer a clear sense of Labour’s priorities and lift hundreds of thousands of families out of poverty? The front pages could almost have written themselves on Thursday morning. “Spiteful raids on strivers – to lavish billions on benefits St,” thundered the Daily Mail, beside a photograph of Rachel Reeves giving what it claimed was a “smirk” that apparently conveyed: “If you work hard and save prudently, I’m coming for you…” Similarly, the Sun screamed: “The benefits Street Budget,” insisting that “families will foot…

In an interview with Left Foot Forward, Khan also said that he wanted to see collaboration with the Greens Members of Your Party are gathering in Liverpool this weekend for their founding conference. Throughout the weekend, party members will be setting the future direction of the fledgling party on a whole host of fronts – from its name to its basic political statement. Ayoub Khan is one of the four MPs who are members of Your Party – alongside Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana and Shockat Adam. Just weeks ago, there were two additional names on that list, but Adnan Hussain…

Left Foot Forward spoke to the Leicester South MP at Your Party’s founding conference Your Party MP Shockat Adam has said that he doesn’t ‘believe in expulsions’ following controversy over senior members of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) being expelled from the party in advance of its founding conference in a move described by Zarah Sultana and her allies as a ‘witch-hunt’. He made the comments in an interview with Left Foot Forward. Adam initially told Left Foot Forward: “The road to any formation is tricky. It’s unfortunate, there’s no denying it. We’d have loved to have been a lot…

She’s refusing to enter the venue over claims of a ‘witch-hunt’ With every passing hour, Your Party’s founding conference descends into more drama. The latest is that Zarah Sultana is refusing to enter the conference venue in protest over what she describes as a ‘witch-hunt’ of left wing party members. It comes after controversy over the expulsion of senior members of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and an independent councillor – James Giles – not being given a pass to enter the conference. According to Your Party, Giles was never given a pass for the conference and Sultana had passes…

“You might want to delete this, Susan.” “You ridiculous woman, nothing is free!” tweeted Susan Hall on X this week, responding to MP Zarah Sultana’s post calling for free public transport. Sultana’s comment followed Keir Starmer’s announcement that Labour would freeze regulated rail fares until March 2027, the first freeze in 30 years, covering season tickets and most off-peak returns. Hall’s post stirred a reaction. Users pointed out that the principle of “nothing is free” seems inconsistently applied in British politics. Several highlighted that Hall herself had accepted complimentary hospitality in the form of annual business lunches and conference dinners,…

She hit out at ‘smears, allegations and sabotage’ Your Party’s first ever conference has had a dramatic start. On the eve of the conference, senior members of the Socialist Workers Party were expelled from Your Party in a move some members have described as a ‘witch-hunt’. At a press huddle on the first day of the conference, Jeremy Corbyn argued that the allegations that he had presided over a ‘witch-hunt’ were ‘absurd’. He said: ” All we’ve said is you cannot be a member of two parties at the same time”. However, in the latest indication of divisions and disagreements between…

“I’m not running a witch-hunt against anybody” Jeremy Corbyn has rejected claims that he is responsible for a ‘witch-hunt’ against left wing members of Your Party. Corbyn’s comments came following news yesterday (November 28) that leading members of the Socialist Workers Party had been expelled from Your Party. At a rally held by Zarah Sultana that evening, a number of speakers – including Sultana herself – criticised the explosions. One speaker from the platform said: “Today, some unnamed, unelected, faceless bureaucrats have on the eve of conference – taking lessons seemingly from Labour and the right – have conducted a…

In a healthy media landscape, the Gill conviction would have ignited a national reckoning about Reform UK, Russian influence, and the vulnerability of British politics to foreign money and disinformation. Instead, the story slipped quietly beneath the surface, predictably overshadowed by Budget coverage and right-wing rage directed at Rachel Reeves. If you want evidence that Britain’s overwhelmingly right-wing press is sympathetic to Reform UK, then look no further than its coverage of one of the most serious political scandals of the year – the conviction of Nathan Gill. This week, Gill, former UKIP and Brexit Party MEP, and briefly leader…

“We’ve got to come together and be united” Jeremy Corbyn has issued a plea for unity at Your Party’s founding conference. Corbyn made the call in his keynote address to the conference. “As a party, we’ve got to come together and be united because division and disunity will not serve the interests of the people that we want to represent”, he told the conference. Elsewhere in the speech, he said that he wanted to create “a culture of unity and collaboration”, saying he wanted to see the party “listen to each other, learn from each other, and be respectful to…

Members will be voting on the party’s new name Members of Your Party – the new political outfit being founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana are meeting in Liverpool for their founding conference this weekend. They’ll be debating on voting on a whole host of things to do with the formation of the party. One of them is the party’s name. ‘Your Party’ was intended to be a holding name for the outfit, with members being given the choice of what to call it for the long term. Now the party has revealed the four names that are on…