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This is the first in a series of weekly election campaign blogs written by Andrew Gwynne, Labour's campaigns and elections chair, for LabourList. In the first five days of this election, Theresa May and the Tories have already shown that…
The Tories have used their seven years in power to run Britain into the ground. In their first few months, they scrapped Labour’s school building plans; and now it would need £6bn of investment to bring school buildings back up to standard…
The government has become "overloaded" ahead of Brexit due to civil service cuts and a deficit of experience in trade negotiations. At this pivotal moment in the UK’s history, we’re urging Theresa May to get her act together and ensure that…
This is the full text of the letter Andrew Gwynne has sent to Patrick McLoughlin, the chair of the Conservative party, today over claims Donald Trump could be invited to their conference. Dear Mr McLoughlin, I am writing to you in light of…
My eagle-eyed followers on social media may have noticed that I have spent much of my time over the last couple of years challenging the Government to publish their Childhood Obesity Strategy. Month after month, there were more tired…
New first rule in politics. Never answer a text message from Tom Watson. I made this rookie mistake at a PLP meeting almost six weeks ago and ended up spending the next month in Oldham. It was when I got up there that I got some idea of the…
Today, new regulations come into force that prohibit smoking in cars where children are present. This is a landmark moment in the fight for better public health. The new regulations only came about because of a marathon effort from my…
With forty days to go, David Cameron is desperate to run away from his dismal record on the NHS. After five years in Downing Street, he stood in Manchester today and had the cheek to make all the same promises on a seven-day NHS. No-one…
Having just returned from my summer break(two weeks in the Lake District, especially when coinciding with unusually good summer weather, has done me the world of good) I’ve decided it’s a good time to start blogging again. Of course, I’ve…
The crisis engulfing Accident and Emergency departments across England is a mess of David Cameron and his hapless Health Secretary’s own making. The number of people waiting in the back of ambulances to be transferred into A&E has doubled…
By Andrew Gwynne / @gwynnemp It's certainly been a week of political turmoil, and one that's rocked the regime to its very foundations. No I'm not referring to the events in Egypt, but in Stockport, Greater Manchester. Long lauded as a…
By Andrew Gwynne One of the most enduring appeals of the Labour Party is that it continues to be the party of youth. I joined the Labour party aged 17 when we had a real mountain to climb. Many of the people I joined the party with had…
