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Lord Kinnock addressed the Parliamentary Labour Party on Monday evening, telling MPs Jeremy Corbyn must step down as leader and the party must avoid a split. You can listen to his speech here…
Labour grassroots support for Jeremy Corbyn is fading, Lord Kinnock said today as he held up a copy of the party's rules on live television. Kinnock said there had been a "significant shift" away from Corbyn recently. The Labour peer, who…
The May 2016 English local elections are a significant electoral test for all the political parties. The contests across England may be more important both as a barometer of public opinion, and in their implications, than the contests in…
Neil Kinnock has said a breakaway from the Labour Party would let "the Tories rule the 21st century" - and says that the formation of the SDP in 1981 was a catastrophe for all involved. But the former Labour leader also seemed to warn that…
Anyone who has worked in politics know that sometimes unusual correspondences end up in your inbox. But one party organiser was slightly taken aback by a handwritten letter he received this morning, because it confirmed that the Labour…
Today, Lord Neil Kinnock unveiled a blue plaque commemorating Nye Bevan and Jennie Lee on their London home. It was 10 years after I first wrote an application to English Heritage asking them to consider one. And it was Jennie Lee's…
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has announced he is backing Stella Creasy in the contest to become next deputy leader of the Labour Party. The news is a boost for Creasy's campaign, as a Kinnock endorsement still carries considerable…
Neil Kinnock has endorsed Andy Burnham to be Labour's next leader. The former Labour leader has written an article in the Guardian in which he argues that Burnham has "the radical values" "the experience as a campaigner and a cabinet…
The Labour Party is having its most grown-up conversation in a generation; so without resorting to threats and insults, it's time senior party members stop treating the rest of us like children and trust us to decide who we want our leader…
Today commemorates 10 years since the 7/7 attacks, in which 52 people were killed and hundreds were injured when four suicide bombers attacked London’s transport network. Ken Livingstone was London's Mayor at the time. You can watch a video…
Last night, ITV News revealed that Derek Hatton had rejoined the Labour Party - 29 years after being expelled. Hatton had originally joined Labour as part of an entryist tactic by the Trotskyist group Militant in the 1980s, and rose through…
Neil Kinnock has warned against disgruntled backbenchers causing problems for an Ed Miliband government, saying Labour candidates should refrain from being "unhelpful" in the election run-up. In an interview with the New Statesman, the…
