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By Tony Woodley This Friday, Members of Parliament will have the chance to vote to make redundancy pay fairer, as Lindsay Hoyle MP's Bill is due to receive its second reading in the Commons. Labour's trade unions have worked together on…
By Sara-Louise Martin A spotlight has yet again been shone on our wee country and doubt and fear have been reintroduced into our lives. But one thing's for sure, our entire island has declared a defiant 'No' to a return to our tortured…
By Julian Ware-Lane Tom Harris posted a thought-provoking article on LabourList recently and I thought I would add my two pennyworths. I would agree that there is an issue as regards to welfare dependency, but I would warn about rushing to…
EXCLUSIVE By Leila Deen The fact that I was a smartly dressed woman who marched up to Mr Mandelson (he is no Lord of mine) definitely gave me a head start when it came to throwing mock green slime in his face. Typically for a man far too…
By Rowenna Davis I thought it would be good to take people's temperature on what Labour have done and where they should go now for women's rights. So I've come up with 5 questions for readers to answer. 1. Is Labour doing enough to support…
From LabourList for International Women's Day Last weekend at the Progress Conference 'Labour 2.0', Jen Pufky invited people to make their suggestions for a fairer gender balance online. Please make your suggestions and comments below.
By Julian Ware-Lane It goes like this: You knock on a door, someone answers, you get through your introductory spiel right up to the bit where you mention you are a Labour activist, and ka-boom. You are assailed verbally, possibly…
By James Alexander I was born and brought up in Hammersmith. I am very fond of the area and I have family there. In 2006 the Conservatives took power of the Council. Since then there have been massive cuts to essential services for the most…
Last Thursday, 21 year old Rohini Simbodyal won a crucial Enfield council seat from the Tories in the Jubilee by-election. Here, Rohini tells Dan McCurry how they did it.
By Bob Piper I recently received an open note addressed to Londoners from Davey Hopper. Davey is the North-East Area Secretary of the NUM, and has been trying to get in touch with those in London who marched, argued for, and took part in…
By Henrietta Norton My dad, Jonathon Paul Norton died last Tuesday morning at home in London. Most people knew him as Jon, but for some reason since he died the 'Paul' bit in his name seems to mean more. It feels more important than it did…
By Mark Nottingham Although the general campaign could be anytime up until June 2010, the reality is that the campaign could start tomorrow. That's why we are working in South Thanet now to re-elect the constituency's best ever MP Steve…
