News Councillor and Unison rep chosen to defend north-east Brexit seats Labour officials have turned to local government and the trade unions again as they appointed two candidates to defend… Peter Edwards 28th April, 2017, 12:48 pm
News Updated: The winners, runners and riders for the vacancies in 13 Labour seats Labour officials are this week interviewing candidates for a host of winnable or safe seats. The resignation of… Peter Edwards 28th April, 2017, 12:00 pm
News Human rights campaigner wins out in Birmingham selection Labour has chosen a local councillor and human rights campaigner to contest the Birmingham seat vacated by the… Peter Edwards 28th April, 2017, 11:07 am
News The runners and riders as Labour aims to hold on to a key Midlands marginal A leading trade union official has been tipped as the favourite to fight a key Labour marginal in… Peter Edwards 28th April, 2017, 9:15 am
Comment Carwyn Jones: We haven’t got time to navel gaze over polling – we have got a country to run and an election to fight “But isn’t Welsh Labour worried by the poll?” It’s the question I’ve been asked a hundred times since Monday… Lord Carwyn Jones 28th April, 2017, 8:30 am
News MEP Dodds wins battle for Labour nomination in pro-Remain Oxford Another outgoing Labour MEP has been selected to fight a Commons seat at the snap general election. Anneliese… Emma Bean 27th April, 2017, 10:01 pm
News Unite activist wins key north east selection A Unite activist and Labour councillor has won the race for a prized north-east seat as the party… Peter Edwards 27th April, 2017, 6:00 pm
News North East councillor wins selection battle for heartland Labour seat Labour officials have chosen a Gateshead councillor as the parliamentary candidate in one of the party’s safest seats… Peter Edwards 27th April, 2017, 5:52 pm
Comment Tussle for swift Labour selections shows new MPs will be central to Corbyn’s future Win, and Jeremy Corbyn is propelled to Downing Street to preside over a socialist government. Lose, and the… Peter Edwards 27th April, 2017, 5:30 pm
Comment Yes, some of us are sceptical about Corbyn – but Labour must expose the lie of “compassionate conservatism” So we’re off. The battle lines were set out in the last prime minister’s questions before the election; the… Mike Ion 27th April, 2017, 2:00 pm