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London Mayor - a close race Over the past couple of months, there's been some developments in relation to Labour's candidate for London Mayor. Tessa Jowell and David Lammy thrown their names into the hat (joining Christian Wolmar) to be…
On Thursday I was thrilled to be elected in a by-election to Oxford City Council for Blackbird Leys Ward. Although the turnout was a disappointing 15.7% the result was one of the best for Labour this year: Lab 509 (75.7%, +8.4) UKIP 91…
It's rumoured that tomorrow at London Labour party conference Diane Abbott, the MP for Hackney and Stoke Newington, will announce that she will run to be Labour's candidate for Mayor of London. Abbott was Shadow Minister for Public Health…
Dame Tessa Jowell, widely seen as a Labour frontrunner for London Mayor, has confirmed she will seek the party nomination to run in 2016. Speaking to a Labour fundraiser in Ealing, west London tonight, Jowell said that when the selection…
Earlier this week, the Guardian reported that Boris Johnson was considering 90% funding cuts to youth and education schemes. Understandably, Labour Assembly Members wanted to question the Mayor on this, so Andrew Dismore put him on the…
The private members bill, put forward by Clive Efford, which hopes to “halt the rush to privatisation and put patients rather than profits at the heart of our NHS” will be voted on by MPs tomorrow in the House of Commons. Ahead of this…
Last night Ed Miliband was on ITV's The Agenda. A fellow guest - Myleene Klass, millionaire former pop star and TV presenter - appears to have taken a dislike to the Mansion Tax, saying: "For me, it's so disturbing - the name in its own…
The news cycle may be obsessing over Ed Miliband's leadership, so it may be worth a timely reminder how popular Ed Miliband's policies are. Last week, he announced plans to scrap the House of Lords and replace it with an elected senate…
Labour’s NEC has just agreed the timetable for the selection of the Party’s candidate for London Mayor in 2016. The process will kick in within days of the General Election with a candidate selected on the new more open process by the end…
Sadiq Khan, the Shadow Minister for London, has launched a campaign calling for Londoner to be given more say over their own future. Dubbed 'Let Londoners Run London', Khan's campaign says powers should to be taken away from Whitehall and…
Over the weekend, we found out about Ed Miliband's plans to scrap the House of Lords and replace it with a senate. This senate would be democratically elected, unlike the currently appointed Lords, and Miliband has put specific emphasis on…
The process for selecting a Labour candidate for London Mayor has been criticised by several of the expected candidates. Last week, it was confirmed that the primary would charge non-members £3 if they wanted to vote, and that the selection…
