Mish Rahman

Read the Centre Left Grassroots Alliance slate candidates' pitch from the left to be CLP reps on Labour's NEC in party elections.

Labour's rulebook explicitly grants BAME members the right to self-organisation within democratic structures, akin to those available to young members and women in the party.The decision to reintroduce BAME Labour as an alternative to these…

From an NHS on its knees to failing public services to an out-of-control cost-of-living crisis, the Tories have broken Britain. As a result, Labour is riding high in the polls, offering an unprecedented opportunity to transform our country…

What happened at Oaks Court House in Wolverhampton recently was shocking. It was also completely preventable. All too quickly, media and political debate has moved on, but we must continue to put pressure on government to act. This year…

During my time on the national executive committee (NEC), I fought long and hard for the publication of the Forde Report. The truth needed to come out. So it was a relief when it was finally published. It confirmed a lot of what we already…

Politics is a quick-fire business. Already, Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner’s ‘beergate’ pledges are dominating the news cycle. But Westminster drama shouldn’t stop us looking at the bigger picture. The 2022 local elections were a golden…

Every working-class person in this country knows that Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement was a failure. It did nothing to assuage the crushing financial pressures facing us. As The Mirror's Friday front page put it: energy bills up, water bills…

At Labour conference this year, a landmark rule change passed that would – if implemented – transform the candidate selection process and democratise the party in the interests of ordinary members. The amendment, which Momentum supported…

Labour’s next challenge is the Batley and Spen by-election on July 1st. To show that the party is on track to win the next general election, it needs to increase its vote share. As a member of Labour’s national executive committee, I spent…

Labour is meant to be the party of the people. Rather than relying on a favourable hearing in the right-wing media, we campaign by mobilising as members and winning over voters to our vision of a fairer society. Together with our labour…

This pandemic has changed the world, and there is no going back. We now have a choice. We can use this moment to build something stronger – a sustainable society that treats people as equals. Or we can be passive and wring our hands while…

I am from a Bangladeshi family with deep roots in Walsall in the West Midlands. My grandfather, a foundry worker and miner, moved to the town in 1960. He was followed by my parents in the 1970s, when I was born. Workers in the Bangladeshi…