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A genuine progressive alliance

20 February 2017

Labour is a party of strongly held values. We believe in those who can helping those who cannot. We implore people, as in the words of the parable of the good samaritan, ‘to go and do likewise’. Our belief in...

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A view from the campaign trail

16 February 2017

The Copeland by-election and the battle to save West Cumberland hospital There is a mighty battle going on just now in Copeland during the parliamentary by-election, triggered when former MP Jamie Reed resigned. Labour has held the seat since the 1930's and...

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Under the microscope

15 February 2017

The Stoke Central and Copeland by-elections By-elections are a strange beast. They are an ‘event’ for parties and the media and fun for political anoraks, but their impact on the narrative usually far outweighs their electoral significance or predictive value. In...

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Education matters

14 February 2017

This autumn marks twenty-one years since Tony Blair’s famous pledge on the priorities of the government he would lead: “education, education, and education”. As that promise comes of age, I have been looking at how the Tories are today failing...

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A new statecraft

10 February 2017

Devolution offers a real opportunity to reconnect with the ‘left behind’ who are alienated from our democratic institutions. But approaches so far have fallen short, as Jessica Studdert explains We have had a lot of democracy this year. The results of national polls on both sides of the Atlantic have confounded experts...

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A strong message

7 February 2017

Labour's Copeland campaign taps into local feelings, writes John Woodcock, MP for neighbouring Barrow and Furness A February by-election in Copeland is not what any of us in the Labour party wanted, not least because it means we are losing a...

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