The Guardian view on young people’s mental health: this decline must be reversed
Editorial: Warnings about benefits will not solve the interlinked problems of worklessness and worsening mental health
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Sunak suffers defeats in House of Lords over Rwanda bill – as it happened
Prime minister suffers defeats in House of Lords over Rwanda bill. This live blog is closed
Life on benefits will not be an option under Labour, says Liz Kendall
In Demos speech, shadow work and pensions secretary takes tough stance on welfare as she lays out plans for young
February 2024
Labour ‘must spend billions on welfare or poverty will soar’
Britain’s benefits system needs urgent reform, at a cost of £12bn, charities and experts warn
November 2023
Labour would treat health and work as ‘two sides of same coin’, says Liz Kendall
Exclusive: Shadow work and pensions secretary gives first interview in new role
October 2023
I went to Labour conference in search of its plans for radical reform – what I found gave me hope
Polly Toynbee
Labour’s frontbench is promising to tackle child poverty and to make work pay, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
September 2023
The winners and losers in Keir Starmer’s Labour reshuffle
The key changes as the party leader prepares his shadow cabinet for a general election
November 2021
Labour’s Liz Kendall announces she is having baby through surrogacy
Shadow social care minister is expecting to be first serving MP to have child through surrogacy
April 2021
Labour calls for wholly independent adviser amid row over PM’s flat
Liz Kendall says investigator into ministerial standards does not have enough power
November 2020
Delays to Covid-only care home plan could strand patients, warn England health chiefs
Dozens of councils miss deadline to nominate ‘hot homes’ for people discharged with virus
April 2020
Ministers urged to include care home deaths in daily UK coronavirus toll
Labour calls for change after Guardian reveals hundreds of victims are not being counted
July 2019
Damian Green: local authorities avoid care home developments
Tory MP says social care costs associated with older people dissuades struggling councils
January 2019
Tory MP plans bill to make no-deal Brexit legally impossible
Nick Boles claims pro-remain cabinet ministers back bid to block EU departure without deal
May 2018
MPs turn up heat on ministers over ‘shameful’ health funding
Cross-party group says the public would support tax rises to fund the NHS
April 2018
A separate NHS tax would only further its fragmentation
Caroline Lucas
This ‘cross-party’ campaign to address the health service crisis will do nothing to cure the ills of privatisation, says Green party co-leader Caroline Lucas
April 2017
'It’s going to be a bloodbath': Tories target high-profile Labour seats
Conservatives eye seats in Midlands and northern England in the hope of ousting current and former shadow ministers
