No ‘youthquake’ for Labour, but support for the party broader than previously thought
The party appears to have picked up its 2017 gains from voters aged between 24 and 45, according to a new survey.
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Computer games are the new force for political engagement. Ignore them at your peril
Labour are the first party to embrace games as a way to spread a political message — and it will pay off.
Without thought-through policies, Labour is setting itself up for failure
Ahead of the Fabians’ New Year conference, Andrew Harrop argues Labour needs to start getting serious about how it will put its principles into power.
Covering up “embarrassing” membership numbers reveals a wider crisis in the Tory Party
The Conservatives may have as few as 70,000 members, putting them behind Labour, the SNP, the Lib Dems and possibly even the Greens.
Is this the start of the next big student rent strike?
Students at Sussex University are going on rent strike after their Vice Chancellor was given a £230k bonus.
Is Labour’s “radical” new leader in Scotland a turning point for the party?
Scottish Labour are being re-launched today with a strong anti-austerity message – but will it be enough to win back voters from the nationalists?
Thousands of parents will descend on Parliament tomorrow to demand emergency school funding
Schools have faced a £2.8bn real terms cut to budgets since 2008 and our educational institutions are close to breaking point.
Momentum co-founder: we’ll have more members than the Tories ‘on current trend’
The Labour grass roots movement now boasts over 31,000 members and 250,000 supporters and it’s only two years old.
The Conservatives have lost a quarter of their members over the past year, says Tory blog
Labour have gained 380,000 new members since 2015 in contrast. How can the Tories even pretend they’re a party of the people now?
Major unions are getting behind decriminalisation of sex work in the UK
They’re supporting giving sex workers the same rights and legal protections as other workers.