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In 1983, Black Labour Party members frustrated by the party’s reliance on Black votes but inability to address racism or promote ethnic minority candidates formed "Black Sections". These members mounted a vociferous campaign for…
Labour MSP Anas Sarwar has written to Nicola Sturgeon with a number of proposals to tackle racism. Sarwar is urging the first minister to take steps to increase black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) representation and review the legal…
This weekend, Labour Students hosted its first ever liberation conference, an opportunity to come together and discuss how we can make our movement more diverse, inclusive and representative. As well as caucuses and the election of new…
The Tories are in crisis and a cabinet reshuffle won’t save them. Labour are increasingly ahead in the polls and demonstrating that we’re the government-in-waiting. Labour’s massive increase in membership and popular policies - ending…
This is an exciting time to be a Labour member. The latest Survation polls puts us ahead of the Tories. Members are enthused and confident about the upcoming local elections in May 2018 and, in between all of this, Jeremy Corbyn has…
Earlier this week I announced my intention to seek election to Labour’s NEC. I have now been nominated by five CLPs, passing the threshold for being a valid candidate, and I’m extremely grateful for the support. I wish to thank the members…
Theresa May’s speech to the Conservative party conference last week will go down as one of the most calamitous in modern political history. Nevertheless, the accolade for the worst speech she has ever delivered goes to her conference…
Another report, another day that people realise the barriers and hurdles people from BAME backgrounds experience. The shocking - not so shocking to me - racial disparities report that the government finally had the guts to publish…
Keith Vaz has seen off the challenge of a Momentum-backed candidate to win re-election to Labour's ruling national executive committee (NEC). Vaz, the MP for Leicester East, won out over Asghar Khan, a Leeds councillor who was backed by the…
This is an open letter to the Labour party's national executive committee in response to the deselection of Cllr Samantha Jury-Dada. We are writing to you to raise our concerns about recent incidents in the party and especially in local…
On 11 June 1987 the face of parliament changed with the election of Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng, Keith Vaz and Bernie Grant. The election was the result of the growing influence of Black Sections, at that time not formally recognised by the…
This is the full statement published by Jeremy Corbyn this week for Operation Black Vote. Of all the political parties, the Labour party has the longest and proudest history of tackling race inequality in the UK, and long may it continue…
