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What’s Left?

By Anand Menon

From LabourList There's a lot of great Labour and centre-left blogging out there that LabourList wants to celebrate and learn from. So - perennial hat tip Iain Dale - here's our first look at What's Left: Aaron Murin-Heath wanted more from…

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LabourList signs Progressive Blogging Statement

By Anand Menon

From LabourList / @LabourList From now on, LabourList will aim to be an honest and inclusive forum and a hub for all centre-left people to showcase their views in a civil and open manner. We will never so much as scrape at perfection, but…

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Brown on the economy: We’re fighting back

By Anand Menon

From LabourList / @LabourList The Labour Party have this afternoon released a video of the Prime Minister speaking backstage at the G20 about how Britain is fighting back in difficult global economic circumstances. It's a good example of…

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Rasmussen sends May Day letter to the Unions

By Anand Menon

From LabourList Former Danish Prime Minister and Leader of European Socialists Poul Nyrup Rasmussen has sent a letter to supporters celebrating International Workers' Day and marking the importance of the Trade Union movement this May Day…

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Huge early success for Labour’s online phonebank

By Anand Menon

From LabourList / @LabourList Blackburn Labour is reporting the good news that 90 days after the launch of the Labour online phone bank, 15,709 calls have been made by 1,083 users - and average of 14.5 calls per user. It's good to know that…

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Prescott takes the BattleBus to the nation this May Day weekend

By Anand Menon

From LabourList / @LabourList John Prescott is taking his Battle Bus back on the road this May Day weekend, and is very excited about it! John will be attending the funeral of legendary Union leader Jack Jones tomorrow morning - the whole…

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Slip of the tongue or tasteless wind up?

By Anand Menon

From LabourList LabourList readers have been reacting to Tory MEP Roger Helmer's response to Glenis Willmott's post on Europe yesterday. Roger said: "We believe that government intervention in pricing in consumer markets is always a bad…

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Mutual banks – the anchor of our future stability?

By Anand Menon

A LabourList Report The confidence in our banks and our banking sector has been severely diminished by the global financial crisis and subsequent recession, and to return to business as usual and not accept the lessons of the defining…

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Tories shortlisted notorious BNP activist for local elections

By Anand Menon

From LabourList UPDATE: Blackburn Labour says Nick Holt stood against the Tories 6 times in 5 years, and the local Conservative Party have said they were "disgusted and appalled" by his actions. UPDATE: If you didn't read the whole…

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Cameron hints at reversing 50p tax rate

By Anand Menon

From LabourList David Cameron was on the Today programe this morning, where he was asked about the Labour Budget's 50p top rate of tax -and he strongly hinted that a Conservative government would overturn it. Cameron said: "We don't like…

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