Chuka Umunna launches his campaign in Streatham
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Labour’s grassroots campaign against Boris Johnson’s police cuts
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Hundreds of Labour supporters will be out in force in London today, highlighting Boris Johnson's broken promises on police spending in the capital. It's the second wave in a series of local flyer campaigns…
My first time
Letters from a Swing Voter This week, I was doorstepped for the very first time. I was, until then, a political-porch virgin, as it were. Like the majority of 'first times', it was awkward, a bit uncomfortable, brief and not particularly…
Bevan would be spinning in his grave
By Jeremy Corbyn / @JeremyCorbyn NHS London is attracting more and more criticism over its support for "reconfiguration" plans for each of the capital's subdistricts. These plans are based on former health minister Lord Darzi's proposals…
A letter to a City worker
The Labour movement column By Anthony Painter /@anthonypainter Dear friend, We now know, fewer of you guys applied for work permits to work in the Swiss financial sector last year than the year before. So it seems that despite all the hue…
A letter to a City worker
The Labour movement column By Anthony Painter /@anthonypainter Dear friend, We now know, fewer of you guys applied for work permits to work in the Swiss financial sector last year than the year before. So it seems that despite all the hue…
Shaking the grassroots of suburbia
By Rupa Huq When New Labour came to power it was middle England that was said to dictate who won. This time round it's likely to be those areas seen as, well, a little naff, on the edges if our cities: the suburbs. If the 300+ strong…
Labour AMs will vote against Johnson’s police cuts budget
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 The London Assembly will vote on Boris Johnson's final draft of his £14 billion budget today, which will cut 455 police officers by the end of his first term. Labour AMs will vote to block those plans, and…
Sion Simon to quit as MP to campaign for a mayor for Birmingham
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Sion Simon, the Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington and minister for creative industries, is to stand down at the general election in order to focus on lobbying for the city to get its first elected mayor…
#MobMonday has developed a life of its own
By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood and Kevin Peel Our second #mobmonday this week for @stellacreasy in Walthamstow built on the success of the first, with more than 350 calls made by a dozen activists across the country. However what we also…
I fear what the future would hold for Barking and Dagenham if the BNP gets in
By Darren Rodwell This weekend in Barking and Dagenham a number of different political and non-political groups have come together to not only fight the BNP but to remember the Holocaust - a time when approximately 6 million Jews were…
Please come and help beat the BNP in Barking this Saturday
By Margaret Hodge Barking Labour Party are holding another Day of Action in one of the BNP's key wards this Saturday. Whether you're a campaign organiser like Darren Rodwell or a first timer like Thomas Fairfax, your support will be crucial…