Ministers urged to act over physical and online intimidation in UK election
MPs and candidates who faced abuse discuss polling station buffer zones and action to tackle social media
December 2023
‘I didn’t know who to talk to’: MPs on the hidden toll on their mental health
While a handful of politicians have openly discussed the stresses of their job, the scale of the problem appears far greater
January 2023
Labour MPs defend accepting tens of thousands from little-known company
Wes Streeting, Dan Jarvis and Yvette Cooper received donations from MPM Connect, which has no obvious line of business
September 2021
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
UK gas supply robust and talk of three-day week ‘alarmist and misguided’, says business secretary – as it happened
Labour’s Dan Jarvis to step down as mayor of South Yorkshire after first term
April 2021
Labour will never govern unless it can appeal again to working class – report
Exclusive: publication by Labour MPs in once safe seats warns party’s problems predate Corbyn’s leadership and Brexit
August 2020
Labour calls for halt to bill shielding UK soldiers from prosecution
Campaigners say legislation restricting prosecutions over torture and war crimes charges would breach human rights law
June 2020
Whitehall held secret review into 15 possible cases of torture or rendition
Court proceedings reveal files involving British intelligence during ‘war on terror’
December 2019
Labour leadership race: the declared, the likely and the maybes
After the party’s general election defeat, who will be the successor to Jeremy Corbyn?
November 2019
Council leaders demand huge funding rise after floods
Politicians in northern England warn of lasting damage, after 1,758 properties badly hit
October 2019
Two MPs challenge refusal of judge-led rendition inquiry
Labour’s Dan Jarvis and Tory David Davis go to high court over abandoned promise
May 2019
The dream of free buses still lives on
Letters: Let’s give them a free-to-use bus service as was intended by a visionary authority in 1974, writes Mike Smith of South Yorkshire Freedom Riders
September 2018
Labour must reconnect with its roots to heal UK's rifts says Stephen Kinnock
Book co-written by MP says party has to regain ‘communitarian values’
April 2018
No agreed power, no agreed budget: Dan Jarvis on his fight to be Sheffield mayor
Labour candidate seeks to overcome voter apathy with pledge to work for wider Yorkshire deal
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Labour backs Dan Jarvis for Sheffield city region mayor
Party’s NEC backs down and agrees to let him stay as Barnsley Central MP if he is elected in May
March 2018
Is it really such a terrible thing for your MP to have two jobs?
Martin Kettle
Dan Jarvis wants to be an MP and Sheffield’s mayor – and he should be able to, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
Labour MPs attack ruling that Dan Jarvis must quit to run for mayor
NEC urged to reconsider ‘undemocratic’ ruling that Jarvis must step down as MP to run in Sheffield
Dan Jarvis wins vote to run as Sheffield mayor, but can't also be an MP
Labour MP faces choice after NEC rules he must quit parliament to run as city region mayor
January 2018
Will neglect drive Yorkshire to a Catalan-style revolt?
Simon Jenkins
England’s most substantial province should be on a par with Scotland yet devolution remains a distant dream, writes Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
