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Taken for granted?

Last weekend it was a pleasure to be part of a panel discussion hosted at Progress Annual Conference on the crucial issue of how Labour can win back black and ethnic minority votes from the Conservative party; speaking alongside David Lammy MP, Ruth Smeeth MP, Parmjit...

Usdaw cares about carers

Every year Usdaw, the shopworkers’ union, organises a campaign to raise awareness of the pressures members are under when they are juggling work with looking after someone. This year’s campaign day is being held today, Wednesday 18 May, and it is all about carers,...

The ‘dating agency’ for Labour volunteers

At the last general election, I helped fight on the ground in seats that we had previously won, like Battersea and Bury North. In each of them we were proud of the number of people that were out campaigning, on important days well into the hundreds in all our key...

IDAHOT: Time to reflect, time to mobilise

Britain is the best place in the world to grow up gay. You can get married. You can’t be refused goods and services simply because you may be lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans*. You are not just protected from getting sacked at work because of your sexual orientation,...