Labour

• Country: United Kingdom

Bulletin AM briefing: Labour donor calls for private funding ban and Christa Pike awake and speaking

Here are five of the biggest stories this morning

Labour’s band-aid won’t save the justice system from collapse

When the buildings designed to deliver justice are infested with rats, it is no surprise that the system itself is rotting from the inside out, writes Maria Ward-Brennan. The terrible state of the justice system is by now well understood, but with the government’s most controversial plan to relive…

• Country: New Zealand

Election 2026: Labour leader Chris Hipkins unaware top cop candidate sits on charter school board despite pledge to axe them

Naidoo is number 13 on Labour's list.

• Country: New Zealand

‘We’re not into compulsion’: National rejects Labour’s policy for touring artists

Labour announced a policy on Sunday to make it mandatory for international touring artists to have a local support act when they play in New Zealand.

• Country: New Zealand

Labour targets big banks in cost of living focus

• Country: United Kingdom

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Kemi's 'tough love' plan to save a lost generation from Labour's legacy of unemployment

The Conservatives' new blueprint offers real hope that this lost generation will ultimately experience the dignity of working and contributing to the economy

• Country: United Kingdom

Tories' 'iron dome' proposal gets a vote of approval... from a Labour peer

Lord John Hutton accused Andy Burnham's Government of failing to 'step up to the plate' as mounting global tensions expose the UK's vulnerability to missile and drone attacks.

• Country: New Zealand

Labour promises to make it easier for smaller banks and fintechs to compete

The party is putting its emphasis on open banking, digital identity tools, improvements to the payments system and new ‘digital bank licences’.

• Country: United Kingdom

Labour donor Dale Vince calls for private funding ban for UK political parties after Reform row

The UK has a ‘public trust problem’ exacerbated by a parliamentary system where parties are ‘funded by wealthy private interests’, a new report has said

• Country: New Zealand

Election 2026: Labour vows to make it easier for new players to take on big banks

The party is also promising to introduce a new e-money licence for businesses.