THE front-runner in the Labour leadership contest yesterday insisted that the party should speak out to defend its creation of the UK's record debt levels.

The unions have donated over £60m to the Labour party in the last 6yrs and in return workers have been treated with disdain by the Labour UK Government. The Labour Party has been in government for 10 years and has done very little to help the workers of Wales. During this time we have seen massive cuts in Welsh manufacturing and a constant barrage of abuse from the Labour leadership towards ...

Labour is neither a liberal nor an authoritarian party. That’s not to say that all members of the Party don’t have views on these issues. What I think Labour has to stop trying to do, is tie itself in knots trying to please extreme ends of an ideological spectrum that makes no sense to our core values.

After recently watching them on a Channel Four News debate, I was surprised at the caliber of two of the candidates for the Labour Party leadership. Out of the five, David Miliband and Andy Burnham have clearly modeled their political persona on Tony Blair, having said this, each of the other three, Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Diane Abbott would fit comfortable into a pre Blair Labour Party. What su...

The Labour Party has launched an investigation after a ballot box was tampered with in a contest being fought by the daughter of one of Tony Blair's closest aides.

I think socialists in different political parties should show each other solidarity, I am a Green Party member but I have long seen John as a comrade, its been a pleasure to work with him.  We should all welcome a contest in the Labour Party but a system where you need 33 MPs before you

Tony Blair has urged Labour not to "drift" to the left in his memoirs, in an apparent criticism of Ed Miliband's party leadership bid.

The following is a guest Post by ‘Labour Loyalist’ The Labour Party has not suffered a catostrophic defeat in this week’s elections — the Labour Party is in total meltdown. Unless something is done, something radical, then Labour will be massacred at the next general election and could face years in the political wilderness. It didn’t

by Diane Abbott, from the Morning Star. This leadership contest is a pivotal moment for the Labour Party. For the first time in 13 years, Labour has been given the opportunity to revamp the party from the top down. It is an offer we must grab with both hands. Not since the 2007 deputy leadership contest

The Labour Party has always taken the view that we should be beyond reproach with regard to accepting and reporting donations and we are the Party that has reformed the area of political donations to increase transparency and accountability. The Labour Party notes that this matter has been concluded and that it has been made clear that no-one sought to break any rules. The Labour Party put aside t...