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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 An article by James Macintyre in tomorrow's New Statesman will reveal that Jewish leaders from around Europe, led by the Chief Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich, have called on David Cameron to reconsider his…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Labour MP for Dartford Howard Stoate has said he will step down at the next election because he will no longer be able to practise as a GP under the new second jobs restrictions. Dr Stoate said he had been…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Esther Rantzen has said she will run to replace Margaret Moran, who stood down as Labour MP for Luton South in the wake of the expenses scandal. Rantzen said she had long been "fascinated by politics" and that…
From @LabourList Two more British soliders have been killed in Afghanistan today, but Brigadier Tim Radford, the commander of UK forces in Afghanistan, has hailed Operation Panther's Claw a success as the first stage draws to an end. The…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Over on his blog, Anthony Painter has highlighted the story of Ayoub Khan, the Lib Dem councillor and PPC for Birmingham Ladywood, who is apparently creating "wholly untrue accusations" against his political…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Claude Moraes, the Labour MEP for London region, has been awarded the V.K. Krishna Menon award for his "services to the political, social and economic advancement of deprived sections of the community, as well…
From @LabourList With the government considering plans for a referendum on reform of the voting system at the next general election, there has been much comment - but little in the way of public polling - about the relative popularity of…
From @LabourList YourThurrock.Com has an exlclusive interview with Andrew MacKinlay, the popular Thurrock MP who announced he is standing down because he is "pysically and mentally burned out." In an accompanying note for the video below…
From @LabourList This is the LabourList ShortList, bringing you a weekly summary of the best content on the site over the last week and keeping you up to date with some of the current thinking in the Labour movement: The Tony Wright…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Respected Labour MP for Thurrock Andrew MacKinlay is to step down from Parliament at the next election because he is "pysically and mentally burned out." Iain Dale had the story first after speaking at length…
From @LabourList New campain group 38 Degrees will be pointing the spotlight at your MPs this summer, helping to ensure they are doing the consituncy work they always say they're doing throughout their long, 12 week break from Westminster…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: FULL RESULTS Conservatives: 13,591 Labour: 6,243 Lib Dems: 4,803 UKIP: 4,068 Greens: 3,350 Turnout: 45.88% 16.5% swing from Labour to Conservative REACTION: An unnamed cabinet minister says Labour is…
