Labour picks its by-election candidates while selections rumble on
Good morning, and happy Bloomsday. Following selection meetings last night, Labour now has its candidates for the upcoming…
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‘Electoral reform has gone from niche to consensus view – Labour must back PR’
“The flaws in the current voting system are contributing to the distrust and alienation we see in politics.”…
‘Johnson’s dishonours list underlines why Labour must overhaul the Lords’
Robbie Burns famously said that when “ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord/who struts, an’ stares, an’ a’…
Briefing: Labour pounce on ‘liar’ Johnson, party NHS tensions, green jobs pledge
Good morning. Wes Streeting has again stressed the need for “serious reform and modernisation” of the NHS and talked up the…
‘NHS strikes: Labour must stand with junior doctors and nurses’
Today, more strikes than ever before are shaking the National Health Service. The deep crisis in our society…
Uxbridge by-election: a referendum on Tory sleaze or Khan and ULEZ?
Good morning. Say what you like about Labour’s U-turns, but they don’t seem to have done much harm…
‘Heatwaves show Labour must make Britain climate resilient – here’s how’
Much to the distress of some right-wing commentators, last weekend authorities issued a ‘heat health alert’ as temperatures…
‘Many voters in Mid Bedfordshire are fed up and struggling. Labour can win’
After nearly two decades of neglect from an (at best) part-time MP in Nadine Dorries, Mid Bedfordshire will…
Labour weighs up candidates as activists flock to by-election seats
Good morning. A trio of by-elections – in Mid Bedfordshire, Selby and Ainsty and Uxbridge and South Ruislip – are…
‘We need more Black politicians. Our training scheme can help you get there’
On this day 36 years ago, the first Black MPs were elected to represent the Labour Party in…
