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Labour are seeking to build upon current equalities legislation and bring an economic equality bill to parliament in the next twelve months, Sarah Champion has said. Champion, shadow minister for women and equalities, will consult for…
Young Labour activists in Scotland have passed motions demanding Britain scrap Trident and pull out of Nato. The Trident submarine nuclear weapons system is significantly less popular in Scotland than the rest of Britain. Members who took…
Black and Asian Labour members face discrimination at all levels despite the party's strong track record on fighting for equality, a Fabian report has found. Members classed as black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) reported feeling…
The Outsiders report released today by the Fabian Society on improving BAME representation in the Labour party deserves our attention. This is an issue of vital importance, as people from diverse communities remain highly underrepresented…
“A person like me, I am never scared of anybody”, Jayaben Desai told her manager before she downed her tools, beginning one of the seminal industrial disputes of the 1970s. In the blistering summer of 1976, Desai led a 100 strong protest at…
Back in the year 2000 party members in Gloucester took a chance on me as their PPC. This was despite the views expressed by the local newspaper at the time: "The people of Gloucester haven't reached a sufficiently advanced stage of…
Chuka Umunna has launched an independent inquiry into Labour's support from ethnic minority voters, after warning that the party is "shedding" support among those areas of the public. Speaking to Unison's Black Members' Conference in Wales…
The year is 2015 and yet the Labour party has struggled to put forward a credible candidate from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background for its leadership and deputy leadership elections. Chuka Umunna, often described as the ‘British…
What does 20% mean to you? On it's own it is nothing - a mere solitary figure - but when put into context of the general election it's the ethnic minority swing from Labour to Conservatives. It shows that the Labour Party have completely…
Yvette Cooper will say Labour must double the number Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) MPs if the party were to win a majority. Cooper is in the running to be Labour's next leader. This announcement comes ahead of a BAME leadership…
Labour peer Doreen Lawrence has sent an open letter to members of the PLP encouraging them to nominate Rushanara Ali in the deputy leadership contest, even if they will not support her, to ensure there is at least one black or minority…
The lessons for the Labour Party from the 2015 general election are myriad but one we ignore at our peril is engaging more energetically with Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) voters. The meltdown in Scotland has shown the…
