Tweet Whilst the eyes of the media are focused on the Leadership election, nominations also open this week for other important elections. A Left slate is emerging for both Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and the National Policy Forum (NPF). The most significant of these is the NPF election: for the first time, this will [...]
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- Italy’s centre left bounces back, but will it last?
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