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🌹“In this review, we’re making Labour choices," Darren Jones tells members. It's a long way from the old 'country first, party second' messaging - is Labour finally trying to sound more Labour-y in its Spending Review? Tom Belger writes: https://labourlist.org/2025/06/uk-spending-review-time-announcement-what-when-means-reeves-speech/

"But the spending review also needs to answer the question ‘how will the government make people better off – this parliament?" Read more here: https://labourlist.org/2025/06/spending-review-rachel-reeves-fabian-society-living-standards/

🌹 More than a dozen current and former Labour politicians and staff are being awarded in the King’s Birthday Honours list https://labourlist.org/2025/06/kings-birthday-honours-list-2025-labour-figures/

📢London mayor Sadiq Khan has hit out at Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review over “insufficient funding” for the Met Police and there being “no commitment” from the Chancellor to invest in the capital’s infrastructure. Read more here: https://labourlist.org/2025/06/news-labour-sadiq-khan-spending-review/

🌹Recently LabourList revealed Labour’s financial struggles, with an internal document stating that the party expected to make a loss in 2025 following bruising local and mayoral elections. Read more here: https://labourlist.org/2025/06/news-labour-donors-revealed-2025/

"At any point in my life so far if you had asked me if I support assisted dying, I’d have said yes. But in the end, as legislators we must vote on the Bill as written. And I am not convinced the safeguards are strong enough." Josh Fenton-Glynn on why he will now vote against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill https://labourlist.org/2025/06/assisted-dying-bill-kim-leadbeater-safeguards/

We interviewed Andy Burnham (on a northbound Northern line train, naturally) on: 🕊️ His view on Labour's 'wings' and 'factionalism' 💷 The Spending Review ⚖️How the whip system could be radically overhauled https://labourlist.org/2025/06/spending-review-andy-burnham-labour-mayor-manchester-interview/

🪖 More than one in four Labour members want to see cuts to defence spending in the Spring Statement, exclusive polling by Survation reveals https://labourlist.org/2025/06/spending-review-what-members-want-defence-labourlist-survation-poll/

'To cancel the women’s policy making conference and replace it with a canape and wine reception which is not even described as a women’s event, is a joke surely.” https://labourlist.org/2025/05/labour-women-policy-conference-shortlists-all-trans-rights-sex/

Labour looks set to shelve plans for new party committees and conferences for LGBT+, disabled and BAME members, saying it would cost an "impossible" additional £3 million https://labourlist.org/2025/05/labour-national-executive-committee-minority-groups-committees-delay/