‘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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NEC Report – November 4th and 5th 2013
This meeting was our annual ‘away-day’, which is always a longer meeting than usual, to enable us to…
Len McCluskey: Media attacks on Unite are “a proxy for smearing the Labour Party and Ed Miliband”
Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey has today argued that recent sustained attacks on Unite in the press are…
If John Major was trying to attack Labour, it has backfired spectacularly
John Major interventions are like buses – you wait ages for one, and then two come along and…
Ed Miliband in “sense of humour” shock
In politics the best way to keep a secret, it is said, is to make a speech in…
Whole Person Care: the right answer to the wrong question?
“Can the Prime Minister guarantee there won’t be an A&E crisis this winter?” With this question at PMQs…
“It’s just mutilation…”
This week’s ‘The Cruel Cut’, a poignant, honest, brutal and deeply thought-provoking documentary that followed the quest of…
Every Labour council should sign up to the Armed Forces Covenant
In villages, towns and cities across Britain, people of all ages, races and creeds will gather today to…
Miliband says Labour would ban payday lenders from targeting kids
The next Labour government will ask the Advertising Standards Authority to prevent irresponsible advertising by pay day lenders…
David Lammy confirms he’s considering standing for London Mayor whilst on US trip
According to the Observer, David Lammy has confirmed what many have expected for the past three and a…
Labour MSP Helen Eadie passes away
The Scottish labour Party has been reacting today to the sad news that Helen Eadie MSP passed away…
