‘Our regional theatres are engines of growth. Labour should help them thrive’
Growing up in Norfolk, where my mother ran the local arts centre in King’s Lynn, I saw the…
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Has Private Eye done one of those “Ed Miliband – An Apology” items yet? You know, the one…
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Labour’s London Borough’s are responding to the housing crisis – we must ensure that others do the same
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Miliband says “no hard feelings” between him and News International…
At the Press Gallery Lunch today, Ed Miliband said: “No hard feelings between me and News International. They…
The Value of Trade Union Facility Time
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Nick Clegg is the Lib Dem leader who killed PR
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“We’re on our way up” – What Blair told Ed Miliband last night
At Labour’s big fundraiser last night, Tony Blair told guests: “There is a rulebook in politics that goes…
Blair’s back: TB to advise Labour on “Olympic Legacy” – but how big a role is this?
Tonight at Labour’s (expensive) sports fundraising dinner, it was announced that Tony Blair will be returning as an…
