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Taking the opportunity, of boundary changes and palpable unpopularity!
James Coldwell Chew Valley, the largest and most rural ward in North East Somerset, may not be a Labour stronghold. Yet at this year’s branch AGM members left upbeat and energised, determined to play their part in Labour’s effort to unseat Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg. I attended the meeting, as a guest speaker, to lead a…
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Labour’s offer to communities of the Country
The LCC team Communities of the Country may not have always been seen to be electorally important to Labour, yet without some support from these communities, without some reflection of their needs and concerns, and their futures, Labour will neither win where it could, given so many of these issues are reflections of those we…
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Labour’s offer to communities of the Coast
The LCC team As we approach our annual Virtual Coast & Country Conference this Saturday we recognise the real opportunity of it being the last before a General election, and before Labour’s manifesto will be written. Communities of the Coast have always been electorally important to Labour, and this election will be no different; as…
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The Power of the Coast
Jess Asato and Keir Cozens With the right political leadership and the right investment, our coastal communities can provide the quality jobs of the future – and power Labour’s ambition for our country. Earlier this month we heard the devastating news that there would be no further offshore wind energy projects this year due to…
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Devolution is the Key to Getting Our Buses Back on the Road
Peter Swallow, Chair of Ealing Central and Acton Labour Party and researcher at Durham University Research carried out by the Labour Party has laid bare the staggering cuts to bus services across England – half of all services have been axed since 2011. And more than 2,000 routes were cut between 2021-2022 alone. It’s an…
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A National Care Service, for everyone
Ben Cooper, Senior Researcher at the Fabian Society In 2009, the idea of a National Care Service was born. Since those dying days of the last Labour government, the party has repeatedly re-committed to the idea. Yet since 2010, there has been little coherent thinking on how to deliver a National Care Service in England – or what…
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Who decides for communities of coast and of country?
Hywel Lloyd, LCC Co-Founder As Parliament returns we have the prospect of two imminent by-elections and a conference season dominated by the ebbs and flows of framing the general election to come. While that general election can’t come soon enough, Conference will help settle some of Labour’s platform. To that end we have invited a range…
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Listening to, and speaking for, communities of coast and country too
The Labour:Coast&Country team In much of our engagement for the NPF we have found that many citizens of coast and country communities are frustrated at being unheard, at being done to. They would like, and we would argue they need, a voice. A voice in the political and policy choices made for them and their…
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Out of bounds for Labour?
Cllr John Haywood For many years, when I meet Labour people and tell them about the politics of the New Forest, especially the west of the Forest, they are amazed that there is any Labour activity at all. Our MP, the dozing Tory Sir Desmond Swayne, has a 24,000 majority. Labour only polled more than 10,000 once before…
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Investing in every Briton’s future: £28bn and all that
Hywel Lloyd, Co-Founder As Labour approaches the sharper end of the Parliamentary cycle, with a general election thankfully in sight, we are seeing the firming up of ambitions, pledges, and plans. It is great to see in the news today Labour’s commitment to fight to win all three ‘disgraceful’ by-elections – no Lib Dems anywhere…