Labour defeats Zack Polanski in Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Labour has held Keir Starmer’s former constituency in a by-election, comfortably defeating Green leader Zack Polanski. Camden council…
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Weekly survey: Special Conference and “Women Problems”
Party reform has been high on the agenda for the Labour Party this week, with the Collins review…
Power to the people – why I voted for party reform
It is a privilege to represent you on the NEC. I feel the responsibility of that at every…
Will Labour stop discrimination against teachers in faith schools?
Ed Miliband’s new education chief says ‘All the evidence suggests that the quality of an individual teacher is…
The situation in Gaza is bad, but to compare it to the Holocaust is grotesque. Yasmin Qureshi should apologise
As I rule I try to write about the Middle East only when necessary so as to avoid…
Christine Lagarde – a champion for Labour’s diagnosis of the UK’s ills?
With the general election in sight, it is easy to focus on the numbers. That is, the polling…
A woman’s place is in the house…of Commons
This week’s PMQ’s was hugely insightful; whether you believe Ed Miliband’s action was a “stunt” or not, there is no…
Final “Collins Review” document released ahead of Special Conference
As we reported earlier this week, the Collins Review proposals for party reform were passed by the NEC…
Get your clause out of our NHS – why you should be aware of Clause 118
By Rachael Maskell How do you get around a humiliating defeat in the law courts? Well if you’re Jeremy Hunt,…
Labour must find a way of working with Cameron to save the union
This morning David Cameron made a much trumpeted speech on the importance of the union ahead of Scotland’s…
Labour must place empowerment at the centre of Labour’s economic policy
In a heavily trailled speech Jon Cruddas will endorse the broad direction of a new report from the…
