Selections, disablism code of conduct and BAME Labour – Labour NEC report
The meeting opened with tributes to Steve Swift, Tommy McAvoy, John Tomlinson, Ruth Henig, Alistair Darling, Ronnie Campbell,…
Elections
‘The mayoral model holds political risks. Labour must empower local councils’
When Keir Starmer joined Sadiq Khan to launch the London mayoral election campaign, Labour seemed curiously downbeat about…
Labour’s new five-point “common-sense” plan to solve more crimes
A commission set up by Labour to find ways to increase the number of crimes being solved has…
Now Met Police cyber-crime unit investigate Croydon Labour selection race
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it has launched an investigation into an “internal selection process for a political…
New: National executive committee and other Labour election races begin
Labour has fired the starting gun on internal elections to decide who governs the party, with applications now…
‘Labour must get stuck into culture wars by healing divides, not ignoring them’
How do you call off a culture war? Most of us can easily think of some political and…
We disagree on much about Labour, but we agree the party should back PR
We have disagreed fundamentally with one another for many years on Labour’s future direction, from who should be…
Mandatory voter ID could cost £180m, government impact assessment shows
Campaigners have criticised the “staggering” cost of government plans to require photo identification for voting after an official…
How the Towns Fund scandal underlines the need for electoral reform
It doesn’t look good, does it? Out of 61 areas picked by government ministers for the new Towns…
How to set up a Labour Party branch anywhere in the world
The biggest benefit of being a Labour party member is so often overlooked: no matter where you live,…
