News Unison and GMB set to consult members before fresh round of leadership endorsements Two major trade unions have launched consultations with their members over which candidate should receive their support in… Conor Pope 2nd August, 2016, 4:38 pm
News Owen Smith pledges to strengthen collective bargaining as he reveals workplace manifesto Owen Smith today said he wants to make workplace rights in Britain “the envy of the world”, as he… Conor Pope 2nd August, 2016, 10:13 am
News 40,000 sign-ups “barred from voting” in leadership contest Up to 50,000 people could be barred from voting in the Labour leadership contest as the party carries… Conor Pope 2nd August, 2016, 9:52 am
Comment Luke Akehurst: We had an election-winning “social movement” 20 years ago – it was called the Labour Party Twenty years ago I was part of what would now be called a “social movement”. It grew out… Luke Akehurst MP 2nd August, 2016, 9:47 am
Comment Young, working class women need a Labour government – why I am voting for Owen Smith to fight austerity There are a lot of obstacles facing young women in today’s modern Britain. There are, particularly a lot… Jade Azim 2nd August, 2016, 7:00 am
News Weekly Survey: hustings, splits and mayorships Owen Smith wrote to general secretary Iain McNicol calling on the party to organise many more hustings events… 1st August, 2016, 6:30 pm
News Labour leadership hustings dates and times Owen Smith and Jeremy Corbyn have agreed to take part in at least five hustings events around Britain… 1st August, 2016, 11:22 am
Comment Neal Lawson: Labour is stuck but the people who want to leap to a new politics are scattered across the party Dear Labour, B.B. (Before Brexit), I started writing constructively critical letters to other progressive parties; the Greens, the… Neal Lawson 1st August, 2016, 8:51 am
Comment We must bring politics back to our communities rather than leave people to rely on Westminster “elites” All told, it’s not been a good few months for the standing of our politicians. Whether you think… Ed Wallis 29th July, 2016, 4:00 pm
News Kinnock: Labour must show that its socialism can “work in practice” Neil Kinnock has criticised “ideological flights of fancy”, and said that Labour needs to show that socialism can “work… Conor Pope 29th July, 2016, 2:52 pm