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We read in the media that on 20 August thousands of Polish workers in the United Kingdom will walk out of work to strike against the anti-migrant rhetoric that has been on the rise in the last few years. As I am a Polish migrant and chair of Labour Friends of Poland,...

Labour has been in shock since May, but it is now time to start building a positive case that we can take to the electorate in five year’s time. In doing this we must strike a balance between ideological purity and a programme the electorate will support. Jon Cruddas’...

The secretary of state has published her new draft education bill. As Tristram Hunt pulls together the team of MPs who will be working on it, it is essential that we provide a smart opposition to this slim yet crafty document. Before we get into the blows we should be...

'Directors of school standards - I mean, is that it? Is that all Labour can offer on education?' Not my words but those of an experienced and exasperated headteacher at a secondary school in Hemel Hempstead, where I stood as Labour’s parliamentary candidate. I was...