Learning lessons from Labour’s key seats
By Will Straw and Sally Keeble The 2015 general election was Labour’s for the taking. The coalition was…
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National Executive Committee Report – 21st July 2015
Report by Local Government Representatives Jim McMahon and Alice Perry Acting Leader’s report and general discussions Acting Leader…
Are you now or have you ever been…?
I am struggling at the moment to think of anyone I know who hasn’t recently been called a…
Abstaining on the welfare bill was sensible – Labour must keep its eyes on the prize: winning
A party deeply divided. This is how the media portrays Labour and it plays directly into the hands…
Labour didn’t need to abstain on the welfare vote
Repeat after me – Britain isn’t broke. Welfare for the third child in middle-income families is not an…
Labour has given up ownership on the business agenda, yesterday we gave up ground on the anti poverty agenda too
Yesterday’s abstention on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill was a watershed moment for the Labour Party. The…
Letter shows MPs and senior council leaders back call for English Labour
Momentum for the creation of an English Labour Party seems to be picking up. This morning, leadership candidate…
Empty SNP rhetoric doesn’t match their inaction on FOBTs and problem gambling
I recently wrote to Scotland’s First Minister about the SNP’s duplicity on FOBTs and problem gambling. Empty SNP rhetoric simply doesn’t match their…
Labour’s welfare bind is excruciating
If politics is increasingly seen as a game, then why does it keep feeling like Labour’s not very…
Dear Harriet, don’t take it out on the strivers
Dear Harriet, What a dismal week it’s been to be a Labour party member. Every day, we have…
