Red Wall Labour MPs want tougher message on immigration

The informal group's members come from seats where Reform UK is gaining ground.

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Labour MPs set up group to focus on threat posed by Reform UK

New initiative will scrutinise the policies of the right-wing populist party
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It's clear Britain can't survive without immigration. Now Labour must convince voters | Simon Jenkins

Yet more evidence shows that we will only rely on it more as time goes on. It’s time to debate it without toxic rhetoric. Britain needs immigrants. According to the Office for National Statistics ...
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'No easy routes' to growth, Reeves tells Labour MPs

It comes after the chancellor hinted the government would back a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
BBC News - Jan. 27
Reeves to tell Labour MPs to back growth strategy

UK chancellor expected to support Heathrow airport expansion despite concerns over environmental impact
Financial Times - Jan. 27
Wanted: a clear governing philosophy for Labour

School and workers’ rights reforms jar with the government’s stated growth mission
Financial Times - Jan. 17
Senior Labour MP raises ‘concerns’ with City regulator over planned Shein listing

Trade committee chair Liam Byrne writes to FCA and London Stock Exchange after questioning of fast-fashion group
Financial Times - Jan. 10
Shein accused of ‘not respecting’ UK MPs in grilling on labour practices

Online fast-fashion retailer refuses to answer questions about whether it uses cotton from China’s Xinjiang region
Financial Times - Jan. 7
I don’t want to hear MPs’ personal testimonies in parliament. Issues like assisted dying are for heads, not hearts | Simon Jenkins

On matters of war, of life and death, we hear emotional stories from politicians. It may be engaging, but I’m not sure it is right. Recently, John Healey, the relatively new defence secretary, made ...
The Guardian - Jan. 7
Forget the ‘red wall’: the 'graduate without a future' is the voter politicians need to woo | Dan Evans

Downwardly mobile graduates are arguably becoming the UK’s electoral kingmakers – and could spur a political revolution. Some groups loom larger in the national imagination than others. It has ...
The Guardian - Jan. 6

Red Wall Labour MPs want tougher message on immigration

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Labour MPs set up group to focus on threat posed by Reform UK

It's clear Britain can't survive without immigration. Now Labour must convince voters | Simon Jenkins

'No easy routes' to growth, Reeves tells Labour MPs

Reeves to tell Labour MPs to back growth strategy

Wanted: a clear governing philosophy for Labour

Senior Labour MP raises ‘concerns’ with City regulator over planned Shein listing

Shein accused of ‘not respecting’ UK MPs in grilling on labour practices

I don’t want to hear MPs’ personal testimonies in parliament. Issues like assisted dying are for heads, not hearts | Simon Jenkins

Forget the ‘red wall’: the 'graduate without a future' is the voter politicians need to woo | Dan Evans

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