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labourlist.org > 2026 > 08 > letters-to-the-editor-week-ending-16-august-2026

Letters to the Editor – week ending 16 August 2026 – LabourList

11+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1021+ words) Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your own views here. An excellent and important internal report article on the period of Keir Starmer’s tenure as Prime Minister. In the…...

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labourlist.org > 2026 > 08 > kicking-foreign-nationals-out-of-their-council-homes-is-illiberal-immoral-and-financially-incoherent

‘Kicking foreign nationals out of their council homes is illiberal, immoral and financially incoherent’ – LabourList

17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (969+ words) ‘Kicking foreign nationals out of their council homes is illiberal, immoral and financially incoherent’ LabourList With weary predictability, the news drops of the Conservative Party’s latest attempt to outcompete Reform, on the questionable terrain of who can adopt the harshest…...

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labourlist.org > 2026 > 08 > the-greens-performative-weekly-litter-picks-let-council-failures-go-unchallenged

‘The Greens’ performative weekly litter picks let council failures go unchallenged’ – LabourList

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (241+ words) Despite the political and social value of councillors of all parties engaging in occasional community clean-ups, the problem with weekly litter picks is that the focus remains fixed on the litter problem rather than the long-term solutions. Local councils invest…...

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labourlist.org > 2026 > 08 > to-learn-from-the-flag-debate-we-have-to-understand-values

‘To learn from the flag debate we have to understand values’ – LabourList

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (552+ words) The difficulty for leaders is that different groups of residents can look at exactly the same flags and see completely different things. With support from the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, Sonar spoke to council leaders across the country and ran…...

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labourlist.org > 2026 > 08 > labours-workplace-ai-rules-need-a-worker-challenge-right

‘Labour’s workplace AI rules need a worker challenge right’ – LabourList

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (599+ words) Artificial intelligence is moving into British workplaces through the side door. It arrives as scheduling software, productivity scoring, recruitment filters, absence monitoring, call analysis and automated recommendations to managers. Each system may look like a technical upgrade. Together, they can…...

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labourlist.org > 2026 > 08 > politics-starting-with-problem

The politics of starting with the problem – LabourList

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (553+ words) There is a revealing difference in political style emerging between Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham – and it goes beyond personality alone. These few words paint a very clear picture of the difference between the two and the root cause of…...

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labourlist.org > 2026 > 08 > stella-tsantekidou-if-i-were-a-tech-bro-i-would-be-backing-andy

Stella Tsantekidou column: ‘If I were a tech bro, I would be backing Andy’ – LabourList

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (336+ words) One morning Satan slid into my LinkedIn DMs. Using a male human name and concealing his reptilian form behind the screen, he said I could get paid hundreds of pounds per hour to train AI to do my job. “Not…...

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labourlist.org > 2026 > 08 > why-risk-the-burnham-bounce-on-the-oil-and-gas-industry

‘Why risk the ‘Burnham bounce’ on the oil and gas industry?’ – LabourList

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (926+ words) ‘Why risk the ‘Burnham bounce’ on the oil and gas industry?’ LabourList As the fifth heatwave of the summer hits the UK and wildfires have broken out across the country – and the world – due to climate change, speculation has nonetheless…...

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labourlist.org > 2026 > 08 > what-burnham-must-understand-about-minority-britain

‘Everyone or no one: what Burnham must understand about minority Britain’ – LabourList

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (826+ words) ‘Everyone or no one: what Burnham must understand about minority Britain’ LabourList In the wake of thousands of people crossing from Morocco into Ceuta, Burnham made his first major intervention on illegal migration, visiting Border Force officials in Dover. Days…...

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labourlist.org > 2026 > 08 > michael-marra-ballot-leadership

Michael Marra MSP becomes first name on ballot in Scottish Labour leadership election – LabourList

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (309+ words) Michael Marra has become the first MSP to secure a place on the ballot for the Scottish Labour leadership election. The North East Scotland MSP has now secured enough support from parliamentarians and affiliated organisations to progress to the ballot…...