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Earlier this month, almost 18 months of persistent campaigning came to fruition when the Prime Minister announced that fees for all children’s burials and cremations would be waived by local authorities and met instead by government…
As Labour seeks historical gains in flagship London Tory councils such as Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet on May 3rd, the upcoming elections appear to be about more than just local issues. Although I am discussing housing, cleaner and…
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Last night, Jeremy Corbyn issued a statement saying he was "sincerely sorry" for the "pain and hurt" caused by antisemitism occurring in "pockets" of the…
The premeditated, ruthless cruelty and violence by the police against miners picketing the Orgreave coking plant on June 18 1984, during the year-long miners' strike, the subsequent arrests of 95 miners on spurious charges, evidence of…
Vivian, a survivor of FGM, domestic violence, forced prostitution and trafficking, was detained in Yarl’s Wood for six months in late 2017. She met with the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott MP, following her recent visit to the detention…
This week is National Apprenticeship Week and as an apprentice for the shadow minister for apprenticeships, Gordon Marsden, I understands its importance. I have been doing my Level 3 business administration apprenticeship since the New Year…
I’m Matt, from Mansfield, and I study Politics at the University of Leeds. I recently went canvassing on an #Unseat day in Mansfield for the first time. I was very unsure about the idea of door-knocking at the start. I chose to study…
I’m delighted to have been selected as Labour’s parliamentary candidate for the Cities of London and Westminster. I have working-class roots in the City but was born and grew up in East London and Essex. My early concerns about inequality…
It is unlikely that many LabourList readers will have been convinced by David Davis' recent reassurances that Brexit will not be used as an opportunity to attack workers' rights and descend into a "Mad Max-style" dystopia. Keir Starmer was…
An early start of 6.45am was shown to be well worth the effort after hearing the intelligent and articulate discussion at the first day of the National Policy Forum (NPF) conference. The initial debate over whether the chair election should…
The biggest benefit of being a Labour party member is so often overlooked: no matter where you live, there is always a group of people to welcome you to your new community. Throughout England, Scotland and Wales, Labour people are meeting…
Labour's female shadow cabinet ministers have come together to say what women's suffrage means to them in the run up to tomorrow's centenary of women over 30 achieving the right to vote. Getting the vote was a crucial step forward for the…
