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So, how do we win? All the debates this week about the democracy review, mandatory reselection and the rulebook risk obscuring this question, which should be central to any Labour conference when we're in opposition. Because if we want to…
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Today Labour’s shadow cabinet attends an ‘away day’ where members will present their plans for government. The aim is to ensure the party is ready for a…
As the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday, what will it take to safeguard it for the next 70 years? The funding gap is growing, social care is in crisis and hospitals are dealing with the fallout as greater numbers of older people are…
At Prime Minister's Questions today, Labour MP Lisa Nandy said leaked emails show government ministers ignored warnings of Northern Rail chaos two years ago. The MP for Wigan said the emails showed officials discussing how to handle public…
Small and medium towns are the new electoral battleground, new research reveals today. Detailed analysis by Centre for Towns shows that Labour and the Conservatives are neck-and-neck in the polls, with just a single point between them in…
The controversy surrounding the decision to air Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech has reminded us how, 50 years on, it still has the power to shock and offend. But the hatred that courses through each line, offensive distortions and…
Twenty months on from the Brexit vote and progress is achingly slow. The legal and technical details of the UK’s exit from the EU remain vague, contradictory and confused, despite dominating political debate in parliament. But beyond…
I have been a Labour Party member for most of my adult life and there is one thing I know for sure: this party has never shirked away from the most important challenges facing our country. On the contrary, we are the ones who drive the…
This is the full speech given by Wigan MP Lisa Nandy at a Resolution Foundation event alongside Unite general secretary Len McCluskey and ex-transport secretary Lord Adonis. Clement Attlee is one of those rare things – a Labour prime…
Westminster is dominated by debate over sexual misconduct but this was a debate in which some of the usual party political point-scoring was taken off the table. This morning the labour movement was still reeling over the shocking account…
A full four years before the EU referendum the academic Rob Ford coined the phrase “left behind” to describe mounting anger and frustration in towns across England and a growing sense among many that mainstream politics didn't speak for…
Yvette Cooper will give the keynote speech at the Fabian's summer conference this Saturday. The conference, entitled Path to Power, will see a range of MPs, journalists and other key political figures come together to debate and discuss the…
