Why the Tories won’t let you keep your extra £20 in Universal Credit
When asked how people can be expected to get by on a local furlough scheme that covers only…
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Interview with Christina McAnea: Compromise, Communists and Red Clydeside
Christina McAnea is often accused of being the right-wing candidate in the race to be UNISON’s next general…
Here’s the state of play as voting opens in Labour’s NEC elections
Since I last wrote an explainer on Labour’s 2020 national executive committee elections back in July, three of…
Michael Payne: Why I’m standing to represent local parties on Labour’s NEC
People cannot afford to wait for us any longer. The cost paid for the last decade is already…
Susan Hinchcliffe: Why I want to be Labour’s candidate for West Yorkshire mayor
I’m the leader of Bradford Council and chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. I led the negotiations…
Local lockdown talks continue as UK heads for ‘bigger-than-80s’ challenge
The government is pushing on with its messy local lockdown plan, insisting that the national ‘circuit break’ idea…
Fiona Dent: Why I’m standing to represent local parties on Labour’s NEC
Standing for Labour’s national executive committee is challenging as an independent but very worthwhile as it raises the…
Henna Shah: Why I’m running for chair of London Young Labour
I’m running to be chair of London Young Labour because I want to build a radical, active and…
Joe Wheatley: Why I’m standing to represent local parties on Labour’s NEC
In the seven years that I’ve been a member of the party, I have received only two direct…
Why we’re asking Labour NEC candidates to tell us if they are landlords
We formed Labour Tenants United in the wake of the outrage spawned by the plan to have tenants…
