Nick Thomas-Symonds: If we want another 70 years of the NHS, we must fight for it
The 70th anniversary of our National Health Service has, quite rightly, attracted a great deal of national attention. Organisations…
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Ann Black: What is Labour’s National Policy Forum – and how can we improve it?
Ann Black writes for LabourList as the newly elected chair of the National Policy Forum. What is the…
Exclusive: Drop deselections and defend Blair government, Coyle tells Corbynistas
A “hard-left” push to rewrite Labour’s rules and de-select MPs betray Britain’s poorest people and risk costing Jeremy…
Neil Coyle: Remember what Tony Benn taught us – Labour needs two wings to fly
Pic: Tony Benn with Jon Lansman, later founder of Momentum, in the 1980s. The last few weeks have…
John Denham: Haringey is a factional battle – but NEC ruling reflects Labour’s long tradition of centralisation
The Labour national executive committee (NEC) intervention into Haringey, and the resignation of council leader Clare Kober, have…
Louise Haigh: Why we need FOI laws to cover the shadow state of outsourcing
Those in power have had a long and difficult relationship with freedom of information. And, like much that…
Councillor vows to “bury Thatcherism” as he enters race for Sheffield mayor
A trade union lawyer will take on a former minister in the Blair government for the right to…
Geraint Davies: David Miliband shows the widespread desire for a final say on Brexit
David Miliband, writing today in The New European, made the case for Labour to support my bill to…
Tony Blair’s sports minister enters race for Sheffield mayor as deadline looms
Former sports minister Richard Caborn has entered the race to be Labour’s candidate for mayor of South Yorkshire.…
Labour in “much worse” position under Corbyn than in the 1980s, claims Blair
The rise of “extreme elements” within Labour means the party is in far worse shape than under Michael…
