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By Arlene McCarthy MEP I am proud to represent the city of Manchester in the European Parliament, a multi-cultural city which promotes tolerance and respect for others and which values its diversity. This week the Conservative party…

By Toby Flux / @labourmatters Channel 4 News aired a piece after George Osborneââ'¬â"¢s recent speech in which he claimed that to understand how a Conservative government would behave you need only to look at Councils like Hammersmith and…

By Tim Shand Potholes are the bane of a motorist's life and in Guildford this issue is particularly prominent. The roads in Guildford are absolutely appalling. The complacency of the local county council and other groups in Guildford is…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Esther Rantzen has said she will run to replace Margaret Moran, who stood down as Labour MP for Luton South in the wake of the expenses scandal. Rantzen said she had long been "fascinated by politics" and that…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 This morning's New Statesman says that Tory leader David Cameron and his Mayor of London Boris Johnson are at "breaking point, with new and potentially damaging divisions over the mayor's plans for London."…

From @LabourList This is the recent success story of Manchester's Christie Hospital. Christie was saved after Labour people in Manchester campaigned and then the Prime Minister himself intervened to ensure the hospital, which provides vital…

Ken Livingstone is the former Mayor of London. He was previously leader of the Greater London Council, Labour MP for Brent East and a councillor in Lambeth. He met Alex Smith at his home in London on Tuesday, 14th July, 2009. It's been 14…

By Shamik Das John Healey today became the most senior government minister to criticise the secret Tory plans for widescale cuts in social housing. 3,500 homes are set to be demolished by Tory-run Hammersmith and Fulham council under leader…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 It seems Boris doesn't know his gas from his elbow when it comes to green policy and low-polluting cars. First, he scrapped the increased tax on the expensive, cumbersome and heavily-polluting 4x4s. Then he…

From @LabourList This week's New Statesman has an article by Ken Livingstone, in which he talks about the shambles of the first 13 months of Boris Johnson's London mayoralty. Ken says: "The succession of enforced resignations contrasts very…

From @LabourList The annual Jewish cultural festival - Simcha on the Square - has been cancelled because Boris Johnson has withdrawn most of its funding. Simcha on the Square became the largest festival of Jewish culture in Europe. Its…

From LabourList Boris Johnson today announced that London's anti-racist festival Rise, which brought 100,000 Londoners together each year to celebrate music from around the world, is to be scrapped. He cited a lack of union sponsorship for…