2nd April, 2010, 7:45 am Labour is “the good samaritan” – 8 in the morning, April 2nd Alex Smith Share this article: By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * In an interview with Faith magazine, Gordon Brown has said Labour is like a good samaritan, which will “not pass by on the other side”. * Network Rail has been granted an injunction preventing next week’s planned rail strike. * In spite of a Commons setback, Jack Straw will fight on for libel reform to cut the size of “no win fees”. * The Electoral Commision is looking into allegations that the Tories failed to comply with the rules over opinion polls published by Lord Ashcroft. * The number of local council staff on six-figure pay packages has risen 14% in the last year last year, reports the Guardian. * David Miliband announced yesterday the creation of the world’s largest marine nature reserve around the Chagos Islands. * Liam Byrne blogs on the Tory economic credibility gap. * New polling shows Labour are now 9% behind the Tories going into the Easter weekend. Alex Smith Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband. @alexsmith1982 View all articles by Alex Smith Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Analysis ‘Hold on to this feeling: Change is a journey’ There’s an old adage in politics that voters don’t say thank you, they ask ‘what’s next?’ And after… Emma Burnell 7th April, 2026, 9:52 am Comment ‘Let’s work together to reset our relationship with Business’ The relationship between the Labour Party and the business community could do with a bit of a reset.… Emily Wallace 7th April, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘Scrapping the two-child limit is a huge moral victory, but our social security system still traps families in poverty’ There is much to celebrate today. After nine years, the two-child limit that pushed millions of children and… Jen Clark 6th April, 2026, 10:00 am
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