Movement for Change Articles

It is vital for Labour that we are out speaking to the country on the key issues affecting people in the run-up to the 2015 election. Whether on energy prices, taking on the vested interests in the media or in banking, Ed Miliband’s One Nation Labour is making the...

Last week was Local Democracy Week. Here in Oldham we have a whole range of events with local people and organisations highlighting the work that councillors do to represent their interests and encourage more people to become involved in local politics. This is par...

It was Margaret Mead who said: ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has’. I joined the Labour party in 1988 inspired by the vision of my then local MP Alf Morris who envisioned a...

There are two futures for political parties. Only one will save Labour After the last election, Labour was a broken party. Very little thinking had been done at a senior level about models of party organisation – it is hardly stuff to set pulses racing. So a timid...