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Momentum

May 2024

  • Hilary Schan

    Momentum’s future hangs in balance after co-chair resigns and quits Labour

    Exclusive: Party insiders say departure of Hilary Schan could mark start of end for grassroots leftwing group

March 2024

  • James Schneider, Momentum’s founder

    Momentum considers accepting members from outside the Labour party

    Plan is intended to catch those who left the party under Keir Starmer and to create a broader leftwing movement before the election

February 2024

  • Sir Keir Starmer

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    SNP welcomes Labour call for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’ in Gaza, claiming it forced Starmer into U-turn – as it happened

    Stephen Flynn says decision by Labour is ‘long-overdue’ and Starmer was forced into position by public pressure and the SNP

December 2023

  • Keir Starmer

    Labour warned against ‘dancing to Tory tune’ by offshoring asylum claims

    Reports party is considering options for processing asylum claims overseas criticised by SNP, charities and pressure groups

November 2023

  • Jon Lansman revealed he had recently joined the Jewish Labour Movement.

    Momentum founder says leftwingers ‘in denial’ about pro-Palestinian slogans

    Jon Lansman, a key figure behind the rise of Jeremy Corbyn, says he has come to feel alienated by pro-Palestinian campaign

October 2023

  • Sayeeda Warsi appearing on TV

    Tory peer warns Labour over Israel-Hamas war protest ban

    Sayeeda Warsi criticises party for strongly advising its councillors not to attend pro-Palestine-related demonstrations
  • Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer responding to a statement in the House of Commons about the Israel-Hamas war.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Starmer writes to Labour councillors in attempt to quash concerns he’s too pro-Israel – as it happened

    Letter from Labour leader stresses his concern for international law and sympathy with the plight of the Palestinian people
  • Emergency Vigil Demanding Safe Passage And Shelter For Refugees Arrives At Downing Street<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 14:Diane Abbott MP addresses a protest organised by Stand Up To Racism demanding passage for refugees at Downing Street on August 14, 2023 in London, England. Stand Up To Racism called the emergency protest after six Afghan men drowned in the English Channel this weekend. The migrants were in an overcrowded boat that sank and 50 others were rescued in a joint effort between the UK and France. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

    Protest increases pressure on Starmer to restore Labour whip to Diane Abbott

    Demonstration planned in Liverpool to call for return of London MP who was ousted after a racism row

September 2023

  • Keir Starmer

    Labour conference rule changes could stop members debating certain issues

    NEC approves rule stipulating that only ‘contemporary’ motions can be debated after this year’s event

June 2023

  • Beth Winter, MP for Cynon Valley, said the selection process for the new Merthyr Tydfil and Upper Cynon constituency was ‘not a fair contest’.

    Leftwingers cry foul as Labour rivals battle for selection in new seats

    MP condemns ‘undemocratic’ process as Starmer’s shadow ministers take on junior colleagues after redrawing of boundaries

May 2023

  • Keir Starmer must maximise the party’s vote and ensure Labour is a broad church, John McDonnell says.

    Keir Starmer urged to unite with new generation of Labour’s left

    A Momentum source said there’s a demand for ‘real ambition’ and more than ‘New Labour reruns’

March 2023

  • Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer

    Corbyn gives strong hint he will stand against Labour as independent

    Ex-Labour leader says he has ‘no intention of stopping the fight’ as Keir Starmer faces fierce criticism from left

February 2023

  • Former prime minister Boris Johnson.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Boris Johnson escalates criticism of Rishi Sunak over NI protocol – as it happened

  • Polly Toynbee

    Keir Starmer’s five missions reveal a man serious about being prime minister

    Polly Toynbee
  • Labour’s then leader Jeremy Corbyn with Keir Starmer, then shadow Brexit secretary, in 2019

    Leftwing Labour MPs fear losing whip after Jeremy Corbyn barred

  • Banner saying Islington North Labour Party Home of Jeremy Corbyn

    What Starmer’s election bar on Corbyn means for the Labour left

January 2023

  • Keir Starmer prepares to address a Labour party event in London

    Keir Starmer and Labour left to face off over manifesto plans

    Momentum grassroots group hopes to make ‘loud’ case for leftwing policies in run-up to general election

November 2022

  • Andrew Fisher

    Momentum built an energised grassroots left. Its financial peril is Labour’s loss

    Andrew Fisher
    Keir Starmer should recognise what the movement brings, instead of expelling members and blocking leftwing candidates, says Andrew Fisher
  • John McDonnell on a march

    Momentum in financial peril after leftwing exodus from Labour

    Grassroots group launches fundraiser with membership down a third from Corbyn years
  • Jeremy Corbyn addresses a demonstration in London.

    Jeremy Corbyn will never stand for Labour again, say senior figures

    Exclusive: Reinstating whip to former leader ‘would be toxic’ to party’s chances of winning general election
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