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Who’s up and who’s down?

Caroline Lucas has agreed to meet Woman’s Place UK, who are opposing changes to the Gender Recognition Act, while a former AM has ‘dared’ the party to expel him over the issue.

Labour has always been a broad church, but today succeed now the party must embrace the experimentation and intellectual radicalism of the early ILP.

The outgoing Lib Dem leader is pushing some bold – and risky – reforms of the party.

“By opening up our party, I hope to convince those who agitate for a new force that there is already a strong movement for open, centrist, and internationalist politics: the Liberal Democrats.”

A progressive programme would require a transformation of politics

There’s a risk staff will have worse terms and conditions.

“If we want an economy that really works for the many, we need stronger unions”

And a battle even Michael Gove was on the right side of.

Messages seen by Left Foot Forward show that party figures were informed spokesperson Aimee Challenor’s father was facing prosecution, contrary to an initial statement from the party.

Wales’ charismatic health minister, Vaughan Gething, is shaking up the Welsh Labour leadership race. Left Foot Forward spoke to him.