News Essex: Harlow and Thurrock red but Farage elected and ‘coming for Labour’ Labour has gained two Essex seats which represented ambitious targets coming into the election, taking Harlow and Thurrock.… Ben Duncan-Duggal 5th July, 2024, 3:36 am
Comment Read Keir Starmer’s speech launching Labour’s ‘core retail offer’ for voters Thank you all for that welcome. I don’t know about you, but I found those stories, whether it’s… Keir Starmer 16th May, 2024, 1:07 pm
Local elections 2024 Thurrock election results 2024: Labour wins council in Leave-voting target seat Labour has won control in Thurrock council in Essex, in a significant achievement for the party in a… Tom Belger 3rd May, 2024, 2:26 am
News Super Tuesday (and Wednesday): Labour unveil raft of new election candidates Labour has announced several new parliamentary candidates for the general election after a ‘Super Tuesday’ of selections last… Daniel Green 13th March, 2024, 11:56 am
Comment The Tories must not be allowed to pass off business as usual as ‘levelling up’ As an ex-council leader, I try to keep out of the day-to-day commentary of the organisation I used… Gavin Callaghan 22nd August, 2022, 1:28 pm
News Council by-elections: Labour wins in London and Essex as Tories lose seats Labour won a seat from UKIP and held two other seats with increased vote share in the latest… Sienna Rodgers 22nd June, 2018, 8:56 am
News LGBT Labour campaigner picked to take on Tory banker in Essex target seat A trade unionist and LGBT campaigner has been selected for an Essex target seat to take on a… Peter Edwards 11th December, 2017, 3:41 pm
News Revealed: The shortlist for a top Labour target seat in the south-east A string of councillors, trade unionists and former parliamentary candidates have been shortlisted for one of Labour’s most… Peter Edwards 21st November, 2017, 12:01 am
Comment Labour saw off Osborne’s academies plan – now we must use the Budget to block any new effort to break up secondary system This is part of a series of articles in the run-up to the Budget on November 22. I… Chris Vince 11th November, 2017, 7:00 am
Comment Look at the real impact of Tory schools cuts, writes a Labour teacher LI am a maths teacher, I have been a maths teacher for the best part of 12 years… Chris Vince 22nd July, 2017, 7:00 am