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Guido to join the Lib Dems?

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList Sunder Katwala has written an interesting post over at NextLeft about IPPR's 21st birthday party last night, in which he writes: "In any event, it enables Next Left to bring you what I believe is a (v.minor) scoopette…

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Building Britain’s future

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList In a statement to the House of Commons this afternoon, Gordon Brown outlined his plan for the last year of this Parliament. These commitments include: * Cleaning up politics by delivering a radical programme of democratic…

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Overlooked BBC interview with Jacqui Smith

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList An interview that former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith gave to the BBC World Service has gone largely unnoticed by commentators online. In the interview, Smith talks about the reasons for her resignation earlier this month…

Grassroots voices

Election feedback request from the NEC

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList Hi all, First, thanks to councillors, MEPs, candidates, activists, members and fellow-travellers for campaigning right through to 4 June in the face of difficulties beyond your control and which you did not deserve. I've…

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Chris Ostrowski is the Labour candidate for Norwich North

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList Chris Ostrowski is the new Labour Parliamentary candidate for Norwich North. Chris was a candidate for the European Parliament in the Eastern region in the recent elections and this afternoon beat off competition from…

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Alan Milburn to stand down at next election

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList Former cabinet minister Alan Milburn is to stand down as the MP for Darlington at the next election. He told his CLP: "I left frontline ministerial politics, and have not wished to return, because I wanted to have a…

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Ian Gibson has not ruled out standing as an independent

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList With the selection of the Labour candidate for the Norwich North by-election due to take place on Sunday, Ian Gibson has said tonight that he has not ruled out standing as an independent candidate. Responsing to a question…

Interview

Brown: “I address my job every day with new enthusiasm”

By Anand Menon

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 In a wide-ranging new interview with the Times newspaper, the Prime Minister has reaffirmed his enthusiasm for the job and thrown down a bold challenge to the Conservative challengers: "We are prepared to take…

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Labour gains three points in latest poll

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList There's a YouGov poll in this morning's Telegraph which has Labour gaining three points on the Conservatives. It's a small change, but Mike Smithson of Political Betting says "Labour will be pleased to have clawed back the…

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Green jobs: Lessons from America

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList This video shows some of the work being done by the Obama administration on creating greener jobs, and the positive impact of those investments socially, environmentally and economically:

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Livingstone laments Johnson’s “shambles”

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList This week's New Statesman has an article by Ken Livingstone, in which he talks about the shambles of the first 13 months of Boris Johnson's London mayoralty. Ken says: "The succession of enforced resignations contrasts very…

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