London Labour Articles

Labour must be willing to listen to its leaders in local government, writes Jerome Neil ahead of the Governing of Britain conference A little under two months ago, I won a by-election in my home ward of St Helier in Merton. The by-election had been called in tragic...

The London mayoral election will be no shoo-in for Labour, warns Tessa Jowell Last month, Labour lost. We lost badly. It was an awful experience. But it should also galvanise us. Labour has to learn how to win again, not out of self-interest but because that is the...

What is the single most important thing that any Labour activist can be doing at this moment? Campaigning for a Labour win and a Labour mayor in Tower Hamlets – a Labour gain and the start of the Labour fightback for 2020. Everything else, really, can wait. We have...

Labour must avoid complacency about victory in next year’s London mayoral race, warns Claire Kober That moment at 10pm on 7 May 2015 will be etched on the hearts of Labour activists for decades to come. It was the moment that exit polls indicated we were about to...