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.…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
