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Today sees the publication of the government’s long-awaited end-to-end rape review. Rape victims have been failed for years. Ministers are right to apologise. We have to shake up the culture of rape investigations and prosecutions, and…
London Labour has been urged by local party chairs and members of the London regional board to rethink the timing of the next regional conference, as activists on the party's left say the planned July date is a breach of rules. The party…
As chair of Sadiq Khan’s re-election bid, I’m so proud of the positive campaign we ran and the historic win for Labour in London with Sadiq becoming the first Labour mayor to win two back-to-back terms. After all the challenges residents…
Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan has been re-elected in the London mayoral contest that turned out to be significantly closer than polls had predicted. The victor secured 1,013,721 first preferences, a share of 39.8%, while Tory candidate Shaun…
As Londoners head to the polls tomorrow, Labour sources are warning that they are "expecting a considerably worse night than many pundits have predicted". A YouGov poll released yesterday suggests that the gap between Tory mayoral candidate…
Labour started off in 1999 with every constituency seat in Glasgow, and it stayed that way until 2007, when Nicola Sturgeon won Southside. Then came the 2011 SNP landslide, which saw five of the nine constituencies turn yellow, before every…
There is no escaping the fact that over the last five years we have lived through one of the most difficult and painful periods in London’s modern history. It has included the heartbreaking fire that killed my friend Khadija Saye and 71…
Sadiq Khan has urged Londoners who have voted Lib Dem or Green in the past to back Labour this year as "any candidate other than me just increases the chances that my opponent sneaks over the line and we wake up with a Tory mayor"…
The Barnet and Camden London Assembly seat is, and always has been, a two-way Labour/Conservative marginal. The Tory candidate has styled himself as a white-ribbon wearing feminist, a “self-declared tree hugger” and a man who is “standing…
Polling suggests that Sadiq Khan could win the London mayoral race in the first round on the basis of first preference votes alone as the Labour candidate maintains a strong lead ahead of voters heading to polls on May 6th. Khan won the…
Voters are set to choose who will run London on May 6th, as people also vote in elections for 5,000 councillors, 40 police and crime commissioners, the Scottish and Welsh parliament, seven metro mayors and five local authority mayors…
For a big proportion of London's inner-city residents, the main issue remains the division between the rich and the poor. Although many are working, families are still struggling to meet the cost of living in London where 35% of children…
