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Earlier this month, Tory-controlled Hampshire County Council announced the closure of 43 of its 54 Sure Start centres. It was a record-breaking event, because their decision took the total number of Sure Start centres lost under this Tory…
Corbyn is still putting together a new frontbench as speculation rises about the intentions of Angela Eagle and Owen Smith. While the Labour Party is in limbo, we will bring you all the news as it comes. Friday - 15.44 Hello all, here’s…
Tom Watson hailed a Government climbdown on plans to curtail freedom of information laws and turned the tables by demanding ministers reveal the cost to taxpayers of the setting up the commission. Watson, Labour's deputy leader, claimed…
Full speech by deputy leader Tom Watson MP at Welsh Labour Conference today: Thank you for that warm welcome. It’s wonderful to be back in Wales. I spent a lot of time here last year in the run up to the General Election. I campaigned in…
Tessa Jowell remains the frontrunner in the race for for City Hall, according to a new poll. YouGov research for the Evening Standard shows that Jowell is not only favourite among Labour supporters, who will be selecting the party's…
Harriet Harman, who is the interim Labour leader, today gave her party's response to the Government's Queen's Speech. In it, she directed a number of jibes to the Tories, saying to David Cameron "we are both, by our own admission, interim…
Toby Perkins has been named as the campaign chair for Liz Kendall's leadership campaign. The Chesterfield MP told his local paper: "She is the fresh start we need for the Labour Party after the national defeat to the Conservatives who are…
It will take 155 years for women to make up half of the MPs in the Commons, according to new research from the Labour Party. The party have reacher this figures by examining the number of female candidates standing in May and the changing…
Labour will use their opposition day in the Hose of Commons tomorrow to put forward a bill curtailing what paid work MPs can do outside of their parliamentary duties. A source tells LabourList: "We need to act to improve the reputation of…
It has been a pleasure to guest edit LabourList today on the hugely important issue of families. We’ve had fantastic contributions from a wide range of people. All of the pieces send a clear message: Labour is the real party of the family…
2015 is going to be a watershed election for women. And it won't be Alex Salmond or Nigel Farage who hold the balance of power, but it will be women who will decide this election. That is why Labour is going to put women at the heart of our…
On Saturday, Ashton-under-Lyne's Constituency Labour Party (CLP) chose their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC). Angela Rayner was selected to represent the Greater Manchester constituency, which has been Labour since 1935. Rayner…
