Yesterday evening Labour Home Secretary Diane Abbott called for a ‘major review’ and ‘fundamental rethink’ of the governments Prevent strategy. Abbott spoke at a meeting of the Students Not Suspects campaign, a joint initiative by the National Union of Students alongside activists from the NUT and UCU. She becomes the latest senior Labour figure to call […]
Diane Abbott calls for ‘major review’ and ‘fundamental rethink’ of Prevent strategy
Dec 1st, 2016 by Newsdesk.
Win for Labour as rise in immigration tribunal fees scrapped
Nov 28th, 2016 by Newsdesk.Labour celebrated an important victory on Friday, as the Conservative government took another U-turn by scrapping their proposal to increase immigration tribunal fees by up to 500%. This comes after campaigning by the Labour Party, and overwhelming public opposition to a government consultation on the subject. Fees for a tribunal to deal with asylum or […]
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Corbyn sets out economic vision in speech to British businesses
Nov 22nd, 2016 by Newsdesk.Jeremy Corbyn set out his economic vision to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) yesterday, in a speech that focused on using the state to encourage and promote entrepreneurship. Arguing that Labour had “plenty of common ground with the CBI”, he said the party was “open to change”:
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Yellow Pages Special at London Labour Party Conference
Nov 12th, 2016 by Newsdesk.At Labour’s Regional Conference for London, there is a special edition of Campaign for Labour Party Democracy’s Yellow Pages, which you can download here.
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Newham Labour members push for an open Mayoral selection process
Nov 11th, 2016 by Newsdesk.Many people have reservations about the new Regional Directly Elected Mayors but such Mayors in single (unitary) authorities’ raises different concerns. The Mayor for Greater London, Sadiq Khan, has a very powerful position but he has significant checks and balances from an elected assembly whose only real job is to scrutinise him and from 33 […]
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NEC did not agree “rule package” before it was put to Conference
Oct 24th, 2016 by Newsdesk.The Labour Party National Executive Committee (NEC) did not agree a rules “package” for conference as was previously believed, as sources from the NEC claim that no decision was taken to submit the NEC’s rule changes as a single item. Sources claim that at the nine-hour NEC meeting before conference, a range of rule changes […]
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Jeremy Corbyn delivers another strong performance at PMQs
Oct 13th, 2016 by Newsdesk.Following on from his grilling of Theresa May on grammar schools, Jeremy Corbyn won a further round of plaudits for his performance yesterday at Prime Minister’s Questions. Corbyn’s opening salvo against Amber Rudd’s policy to “name and shame” workers received a flat denial from May, who claimed that public lists of which companies hire large amounts of […]
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Labour forces U-turn on Brexit debate as it sets government 170 questions on the terms of leaving the EU
Oct 13th, 2016 by Newsdesk.Labour piled the pressure on the Tories over Brexit yesterday, winning the right to debate Article 50 from Theresa May while also submitting 170 questions to her government on leaving the EU. This represents a significant climbdown from the government’s previous position that there would be “no running commentary” on negotiations. May accepted Labour’s case for a parliamentary debate […]
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Corbyn sets out opposition to immigration controls
Oct 11th, 2016 by Newsdesk.Jeremy Corbyn has made further comments in support of immigration, in particular support for refugees, contrasting those in the party who want to end freedom of movement after Brexit.
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Keir Starmer calls for single market membership but claims immigration should be “reduced”
Oct 10th, 2016 by Newsdesk.Labour’s new Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer set out the party’s approach to leaving the EU yesterday, stating Labour should seek to keep Britain in the single market but be “open to adjustments” when it comes to freedom of movement. Making his first appearance since being named Labour’s Shadow ‘Brexit’ Secretary, Keir Starmer set out Labour’s plans on […]
