Comment Our ambition is to create good jobs in the right places – by giving power away Any Labour politician in the Wirral is aware that they stand on the shoulders of our most famous… Alison McGovern 25th May, 2023, 10:32 am
Comment The Conservatives are overseeing a criminal waste of Britain’s potential It’s time to debunk Boris Johnson’s big jobs lie. Keen observers will have noticed that, whenever he is… Alison McGovern 21st June, 2022, 8:00 am
Comment Harriet’s legacy as she steps down at the next election: we’re all Harmanites now No sooner have we come to terms with the very difficult – if understandable – news that Margaret… Alison McGovern 7th December, 2021, 6:01 pm
Comment Why I’ve not given up on getting a Labour government – and nor should you As the conference recess comes to an end, I have one question for you: did you see that poll?… Alison McGovern 14th October, 2021, 11:52 am
Comment What Labour must do to get ourselves in a position to win: a four-step plan Politics is complicated. And hard. Questions that really matter – whether you have a job, whether you can… Alison McGovern 19th May, 2021, 4:45 pm
Comment Let’s keep organising to put football fans back at the heart of the game What a day. From BBC breakfast in the morning, being pressed on the proposed new football ‘super league’… Alison McGovern 21st April, 2021, 8:47 am
Comment Coronavirus has highlighted that sport is a Labour issue Faced with tens of thousands of deaths and the trauma inflicted on our health and care workers, like… Alison McGovern 7th July, 2020, 12:05 pm
Comment The UK economy is going very wrong, and we can’t just treat the symptoms Today I’m launching Making Ends Meet, a campaign to change our economy and not just to treat the… Alison McGovern 27th June, 2019, 11:26 am
Comment How Labour should fight the European elections When the European elections happen this May, we don’t know whether we will be electing MEPs for five… Alison McGovern 22nd April, 2019, 12:00 pm
Comment Alison McGovern: No Brexit cherry picking – the UK is either in the single market or we’re not Unemployment, said Harold Wilson, more than anything else, made me politically conscious. I am thinking about having his… Alison McGovern 7th June, 2018, 8:05 am