Meetings for party members are being arranged around the country, in parliament frontbench teams are hosting policy...
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A hospital pass
Our local hospital sought foundation trust status, but wasn’t considered to be viable on a standalone basis. So,...
Is Labour a feminist party?
From the impact of the spending cuts, hitting women twice as hard as men, to the changes to the benefits system,...
Why we must defend child benefit
But the government's decision to remove child benefit from parents with incomes over £44,000 betrays a total...
Youth and unity
Last week's Labour party conference was a highly emotional event. The announcement of Ed's election as leader of the...
The pupil premium under the spotlight
Save the Children are calling for the level of the proposed new pupil premium to be set at £3000 per child. This...
More meat cleaver than salami slicing
This weekend the scale of the government's attack on benefits recipients has become all too frighteningly clear....
As bold as the smoking ban?
Alcohol played its part in securing a lively discussion at my GC last week. No, I'm not talking about the argument in...
Now the battle begins
Last week's report for the End Child Poverty campaign prepared by the Institute for Fiscal Studies confirmed what many...
21st century welfare
In truth, this is a remarkably thin document, offering more in the way of broad brush proposals (a universal credit, a...
Out-toughing it on crime
Indeed, Clarke's junior minister Crispin Blunt has already been slapped down by Number 10 for suggesting that...
Labour’s growing membership
In common with most constituencies, my local party has seen a significant jump in membership since the election. Many...