Forde update, NPF, by-elections and party conference – Labour NEC report
The national executive committee (NEC) gathered on Tuesday after an exhausting week, with by-elections followed by the National…
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‘Welsh Labour has voted to devolve its rulebook. Here’s why that’s a good thing’
At this year’s Welsh Labour conference, delegates overwhelmingly voted to devolve the Labour rule book. This would make…
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In her recent letter to the Home Secretary, Emily Thornberry’s criticism of the government’s recently launched Fraud Strategy…
‘What went wrong in Uxbridge: a view from the constituency Labour party’
As a long-serving officer of Uxbridge and South Ruislip CLP, I’ve had the opportunity to see various campaigns…
‘Uxbridge was an aberration – our Selby win points to potential Tory wipeout’
Last Thursday’s by-election in Selby and Ainsty, where Labour overturned a majority of over 20,000, was an utterly devastating defeat…
‘Why and how Labour should embrace a “new levelling up” agenda’
Labour has carefully avoided mentioning ‘levelling up’ in the five missions Sir Keir Starmer has outlined this year.…
