‘Jack Charlton and Labour’s rural tradition’
As the Member of Parliament for Blyth and Ashington, I represent communities that helped build both the Labour…
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Ordinary people vs billionaires – Labour’s party political broadcast
Labour’s final party political broadcast ahead of local elections on Thursday focuses on the party message ‘for…
LabourSay: Labour’s manifesto for Europe must back a public vote
The LabourSay campaign asked our supporters to tell us what they believed the party’s manifesto commitments should be.…
34 Labour MEP candidates sign public vote pledge
34 Labour MEP candidates, including 13 sitting MEPs, have signed up to a public vote pledge organised by…
SERA: We need a climate emergency spending review
Over the last fortnight, Extinction Rebellion climate protests have shut streets in central London. The BBC has aired…
Watson lobbies for ‘pure’ public vote pledge in European manifesto
Does Labour back another referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU only to avoid a bad Tory…
Solidarity has no borders. Our movement must stand up for Palestine
With the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people under unprecedented attack, we as workers must make our collective…
Why Labour wants the UK to declare a national climate emergency
This week saw the worldwide celebration of Earth Day, and its theme of ‘Protect Our Species’ could not…
We cannot risk our future for a deal with Trump
The announcement of Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK was a reminder of just what is at…
We cannot defeat the message of hard Brexiteers by triangulating
We are in full campaign mode. Local elections across much of the country are just a week away,…
We can’t fix the housing crisis without more funding and powers
The Housing Minister recently said that, as Mayor, I should focus on building more expensive private apartments rather…
