Weekly survey: Richmond Park, Brexit and boosting Labour’s poll rating
In light of Labour’s disappointing showing in the Richmond Park by-election, where transport expert Christian Wolmar came third…
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Jon Ashworth: Cancer care is not immune from the financial crisis facing the NHS
This is the speech delivered today by Jonathan Ashworth, shadow health secretary, at Britain Against Cancer 2016: Working…
Richard Corbett: There’s no mandate for a Brexit that pushes Britain over the cliff-edge
Those who consider that the British people have spoken clearly in favour of Brexit (and many don’t, given…
Momentum’s mass mobilisation for NHS day shows we can make the difference
Last Saturday, we saw huge mobilisation across the country for Labour’s Care for the NHS campaign day. Momentum’s…
Goldsmith was a disgrace – that’s why Labour had to stand in Richmond Park
We had no choice. Despite the slog of a campaign in cold, and latterly freezing, conditions, Labour had…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn channels Labour’s fury on the NHS in bid to shatter stalemate
There are seismic changes playing out in British politics at the moment but it doesn’t always feel like…
“Tories handing back £7.5bn in corporation tax cuts but social care is cut to the bone” – Corbyn’s polemic at PMQs
“There’s a tragic parallel going on between an under-funded NHS and an under-funded social care system all over…
Healey: Labour needs to prove itself on jobs and migration to see off UKIP threat
Labour must tackle the threat of UKIP by proving it has “good answers” to public concern over immigration, job security…
John Healey: UKIP has a new leader but we must show it’s only Labour that can stand up for blue-collar Britain
In 2012 when John Spellar and I ran the Rotherham by-election we saw UKIP get over a fifth…
Corbyn: Labour’s huge membership can help us deliver the campaigns to turn around opinion poll rating
The key to boosting Labour’s weak poll rating lies in campaigning work based on the strength of its new…
