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For those of you that don’t know me, I’m the candidate standing in Sheffield Hallam, against Nick Clegg. I was born in Jessop’s Hospital. I grew up on Southgrove Rd and went to Porter Croft, Dobcroft, then Silverdale Schools. As a boy, I…
Party reform has been high on the agenda for the Labour Party this week, with the Collins review endorsed by the NEC and officially released. The Special Conference on March 1st is not only 3 weeks away, and CLPs across the country will be…
I first met Nelson Mandela on 6 May 1993 – two weeks after my son Stephen was murdered on the streets of London. At this point my family was trying to get the police to arrest the five suspects who we believed to be responsible for…
They say that a week is a long time in politics and that has certainly been true in South Thanet this week. On Monday we had the shock announcement that the sitting Conservative MP will not be standing again for personal reasons after just…
Like so many people where I live in Peterborough, I’m struggling with the cost of heating the home. It’s not often you’ll hear a politician say or admit to that but, as one of those working class parliamentary candidates people keep talking…
You know how political types pretend to be normal by writing about what they realised when they were at the football/ walking the dog/ watching Coronation Street? This one is real. Earlier this month I joined the LabourList Grassroots…
Ed excels in Q & A. It is his element. The delegate sat next to me turned to me and said "he's very witty isn't he!". He fielded questions on rail, on housing, on local government, on the environment, on energy, disability and sexism in…
Ed Miliband has just left conference floor - and as we do every year we're bringing you instant reactions from LabourList contributors. We'll be bringing you more as the afternoon goes on. Mark Ferguson An integrated health and social care…
Today at Labour Women’s Conference, panellist and author Melissa Benn summed up the Everyday Sexism session with a set of great tips for female – and feminist – activists who want to make change and make a difference. Here they are: Act…
Caroline is a homecare worker, and is on a "zero hours" contract My name is Caroline, I have worked as a homecare worker for 25 years. When I first started as a homehelp i worked for the local council, I was asked how many hours I wanted to…
As many of you will know, later today, Labour will force an opposition day debate calling on the government to carry out a cumulative impact assessment on all the cuts to services and support facing at sick and disabled people. We know that…
This weekend, the National Policy Forum convened for the first time as a whole since this group was elected last year. Two years ago, that opening sentence might have been the start of a litany of complaint. But now, it absolutely is not…
