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The point of internal Labour organisations is to influence the party’s policy or culture in a chosen direction. Such groups can also provide thumbnail descriptions of a person’s politics – spend any time in Labour circles and you will know…
Electoral reform campaigners have described the use of first-past-the-post in UK general elections as an "outdated anomaly" as analysis shows a "huge contrast" with proportional representation elections in Wales, Scotland and London…
There is a gaping hole where the government’s employment rights policies should be. But while ministers continue to dither on boosting rights, Labour is starting to fill this void. This week, Labour announced a flurry of policies as it set…
Is that it? The government’s ‘crime week’, coming a few weeks after Boris Johnson’s set-piece ‘levelling up’ speech, was meant to be the moment ‘normal politics’ resumed and the Conservatives reassured the voters that they understood their…
David Cameron became Conservative Party leader in December 2005. He set about detoxifying his party, changing its image from the one described by Theresa May in 2002 as “the nasty party”. He largely succeeded. But the party is now reverting…
Jonathan Ashworth has described the announcement of a 3% pay rise for NHS staff by the government on Wednesday evening as a "let down" for health and care workers and warned that many are not covered by the settlement. The government was…
"Another day, another U-turn." That was Labour's response to ministers announcing a 3% pay rise for NHS workers, following the heavily criticised proposal to offer them a 1% increase (a real-terms cut) earlier this year. "Once again, this…
Keir Starmer came to Prime Minister's Questions well-armed today. The session followed the debacle of Boris Johnson's lightning U-turn on his self-isolation over the weekend, and he made a virtual appearance this afternoon. It also came…
New polling shows 83% of Labour members believe the party should support changing the UK's electoral system to proportional representation, up from 76% less than two years ago, LabourList can exclusively reveal. According to a poll of…
Labour’s recent campaign in Batley and Spen showed us exactly what happens when we stay focused on our values of hope and solidarity. What happens when we show up in numbers and listen carefully to the voters we speak to. When we stay…
