Tories “hell-bent” on accelerating industrial decline – Corbyn’s full speech on UK shipbuilding
This is the full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech in Govan, Glasgow today. The Labour leader is calling for Navy…
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Labour’s National Education Service should finally herald the abolition of the 11-plus
When Theresa May first began pushing her plans for a new generation of grammar schools, she managed to…
Andrew Harrop: Brexit is a steady game of chess – Labour is right to play the long game
This time last Friday all the talk in Labour circles was of the party’s disappointing results in the…
Regional NEC places will help Labour represent the working class
I am standing to be a member of Labour’s national executive committee, alongside Luke Akehurst, Johanna Baxter, Jasmin…
Angela Rayner & Jon Ashworth: This government is failing student nurses – today Labour will vote to protect them
Tonight in the House of Commons MPs will have a chance to vote to defend support for students…
Alice Perry: We still need all-women shortlists for diversity in local government
For the first time in Islington’s history, over 50 per cent of our councillors are women. This landmark…
Gareth Thomas: Why I’m calling for a People’s Vote on Brexit
It is now almost two years since, by the slimmest of margins, the United Kingdom voted to leave…
Lessons from the racist Tory campaign of 1964 in Smethwick
Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” speech is notorious, but four years earlier the West Midlands had seen the…
Owen Jones: Momentum campaigning was crucial to Labour’s local election gains
Momentum’s campaigning was absolutely critical to the gains Labour made in the local elections of 2018. ‘Unseat’ days…
Luke Akehurst: Can Labour win a general election based on the local election results?
A month ago I wrote up my annual set of benchmarks for the local council elections. With the…
