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According to the Guardian, Prentis said: "Progress seems like a party within a party. Our affiliation is to the Labour party. We don't expect an organisation to be allowed to grow within it." The Guardian also suggest that Unison would back…
Today Ed Miliband will be in Birmingham to address Labour's National Policy forum (which we'll be covering this weekend). In his speech he is expected to stress the challenge that Labour faces in opposition, saying: “Our task will be to…
An earlier version of this article was published under the name of David Talbot. We apologise for this error. The recent GMB-Progress debacle is enough to disillusion even the most hardened Labour member. Those who spend hours campaigning…
If you’ve ever been to a trade union conference, you’ll have experienced the strange feeling of déjà vu. You see faces you haven’t seen for 20 years. Isn’t that Dave Nellist over there? Wasn’t that Ted Knight? That paper-seller from the…
Following events at GMB congress on Monday (which we reported at the time), Progress have responded with the following statement: At a time when Britain is led by a government which appears unable to recognise, let alone overcome, the…
I reacted to yesterday’s vote of condemnation of Progress at the GMB Conference, and the subsequent statement by the GMB’s Paul Kenny about “outlawing Progress as part of the Labour Party” more in sorrow than in anger. Since the 2010…
There has been lots of chatter today about the GMB and Progress, but perhaps due to the relative lack of journalists here in person (whither the industrial correspondent?) with the creditable exception of the Guardian amongst others it…
This afternoon, Ed Miliband will announce the largest voter registration drive for a generation, as Labour seeks to re-engage with millions of people who don't vote, as well as those who do. In his speech to Progress annual conference…
This afternoon, Ed Miliband will announce the largest voter registration drive for a generation, as Labour seeks to re-engage with millions of people who don't vote, as well as those who do. In his speech to Progress annual conference…
Saturday 12 May, TUC Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS Next Saturday Labour activists and trade unionists from across the country will come together with members of the shadow cabinet, local government and trade…
