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The finances of public sector pensions are sound and the proposed changes will drive dedicated professionals away.

The general election result concealed scale of defeat – Labour must be bold to win in 2015

Organising to win: How seats defied the national swing is a joint initiative of Progress and Community – the Union for Life. Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP – the 2010 general election coordinator – kindly provides the foreword while the authors of this pamphlet, Sue Hamilton and John Mann MP, have put together case studies and key learning from five excellent campaigns that defied the national swing: Wirral South, Dagenham and Rainham, Birmingham Edgbaston, Blaenau Gwent and Bassetlaw.

Michael J Leahy OBE and Stephen Twigg MP provide the preface to Organising to Win:

Contrary to most media predictions, Labour’s Andy Slaughter secured a 3,500 majority to defeat Shaun Bailey in Hammersmith in the general election. Bailey, a Tory A-lister and darling of the media, had at least £500,000 financial support from a series of wealthy backers but failed to win the hearts and minds of Hammersmith voters.