Toby Perkins: ‘Biodiversity net gain should be strengthened not scrapped’
Environmental Audit Committee Chair Toby Perkins argues that scrapping biodiversity net gain would be bad for nature, business and for good housebuilding.
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A new approach to further education under Labour cannot come soon enough
Further education colleges are the epitome of Labour values in action. Located in almost every major town and city in the country, they provide a pathway from education to the workplace through an array of vocational courses. However, it’s…
A reinvigorated Labour Friends of the Forces is more important than ever
Labour has a long history of standing four-square behind our armed forces personnel. From Clement Attlee’s frontline involvement in the Gallipoli campaign to Major Denis Healey’s ‘good war' that culminated in him being the beach master at…
Tories’ turmoil should ring snap election alarm bells
As most party members know all too well, Labour will face its first major electoral test under Jeremy Corbyn this May. Crucial as these polls are for all of us, particularly our candidates, we cannot blithely assume that they will be the…
Why tribal ties suggests there’ll be no MP exodus
My recent, innocent if ill- judged, attempt to convince Tory commentators Tim Montgomery and Paul Goodman that Labour moderates were not for defecting, reaped quite a harvest of replies on Twitter. It left me thinking about the issue of…
Labour Councillors Business Network is helping set a winning business agenda
The next One Nation Labour government is determined to be the wind at the backs of Britain’s small businesses. But rather than dictating from Whitehall, we believe that this support must be built from the bottom up in Britain’s local high…
Lessons from Wythenshawe
Labour’s victory in Wythenshawe and Sale East was resounding. Our activists deserve huge praise and thanks for their hard work. We were each spurred by the memory of Paul and a desire to honour his legacy, not only through victory but a…
Growing and earning our way out of the cost of living crisis
David Cameron and George Osborne want us pat them on the back after subjecting the country to three years of a flatlining economy now that growth has returned. Any growth is welcome, but the progress being seen is down to the UK’s…
Ed Miliband is the real deal
Just a few short months ago some claimed Labour was the third most interesting party in British politics. How different things look today. Ed Miliband has surged to the front and a host of government policy shifts have changed the dynamic…
3 ways Labour could help your local pub
Under Ed Miliband Labour is the Party of small business. Our pledges to freeze energy bills and cut business rates will put money back into the pockets of our small firms and allow them to invest in the jobs and products of the future. Ed…
How Labour can support small businesses – the lifeblood of our economy – from opposition
Although Labour are out of office nationally, there is still much we can do to support the small businesses who are the lifeblood of our economy. Across the country Labour Councils and Councillors are often the first point of access for…
What conference is REALLY all about
I can only assume that the usually solid Mark Ferguson has been living the high life surrounded by the great and good of Labour politics for a little too long judging by his scandalous suggestion that the Labour Party should abolish the…