Copeland candidate: my pledges on road, rail, NHS and nuclear power
This is the statement of pledges published by Gillian Troughton, Labour’s parliamentary candidate in Copeland, on the CLP…
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Dave Prentis: In an era when Theresa May holds Trump’s hand, let’s remember the vital work done by trade unions every day
The trade union movement is over 100 years old, and has much to be proud of. So…
Angela Rayner: I know what it is like to raise kids on low pay – and I know the Tories are breaking their childcare promise
If you’re a working parent with a young child, David Cameron made a promise to you at the…
Diane Abbott: The safety of police officers must be a priority – and Labour will be guided by the evidence on spit hoods
The introduction of spit hoods by police forces is highly controversial. Police officers are rightly concerned for their…
My advice to activists: Let’s get back on message, stop arguing in public and get down to the branch to volunteer instead
Within days of becoming US president, Donald Trump has fundamentally changed the political landscape. It’s a revolution and…
Polls, stories and the “secret search” for an heir to Corbyn combines to deliver a drama which stops short of reality
Jeremy Corbyn’s leading allies have given up on him and are frantically searching for a young new standard-bearer…
The long read: Labour can respond to Brexit by leading a popular politics that completes the shift away from Thatcherism
Labour has passed from volatile crisis into New Year inertia. The party found itself left on the sideline…
Why Labour must listen to Jon Cruddas and use our patriotism to see off UKIP’s threat to our working class vote
Despite the UKIP-dominated Brexit campaign resulting in our imminent departure from the EU, the notion that the “Little…
McCluskey: Tory treatment of refugees has brought shame to our country
These are extracts of a speech given by Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, at a meeting of…
Metro mayor candidate: Steel was our industrial strategy – and this Tory government has destroyed it
In 2015 the government decided it would allow more than 170 years of Teesside steel production to come…
