Leo Gibbons-Plowright Articles

If Labour is to earn back trust in Copeland, it must stop pining after a working class that no longer exists and champion the interests of actual working people, writes Leo Gibbons-Plowright Copeland faces the same issues as so many places in England — poor transport...

When I was eight years old, the Labour government introduced the National Literacy Strategy, this meant daily literacy hours were mandatory for children my age. As a child who struggled with reading and writing, and was on the Special Educational Needs register until...

During the lead-up to the 2015 general election I thought the tide was turning in Labour’s favour – everywhere around me people were commenting positively on scrapping non-dom statuses, ‘liking’ the mansion tax, and posting about it on Facebook. Based on what I had...