Who are the Unite general secretary candidates and what do they stand for?
It’s an election that will not only affect workers up and down the country but could have significant repercussions for the Labour party.
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‘Labour must not dismiss its young voters, it should offer them hope’
‘We need someone to offer us hope – hope of affordable housing, of employment rights, of action on inequality.’
Kim Johnson MP: Tory attacks on marginalised communities are designed to distract from their own failings
‘The classic tactics of divide and rule are now dubbed a ‘War on Woke’.
As a British Palestinian I feel let down by the Labour Party
‘It is extraordinary and incredibly telling that a supposedly internationalist party headed by a former human rights lawyer could have such a languid attitude to the oppressed.’
Keir Starmer must unite the party and offer a vision if Labour is to win
“The last 12 months of the Starmer leadership have been wasted with unnecessary party divisions, alienation of its voter base and neglect of policies and election strategy”.
Sarah Champion MP: The government is ‘failing the world’s poorest’
‘We desperately need a clear commitment to international development with well targeted aid that listens to the Global South.’
Greens reject claims of ‘coalition with Tories’ on London Assembly
The Greens instead accused the Labour party of trying to block them from chairing the Transport Committee.
Plans to introduce photo ID for voting ‘are about voter suppression’, says Labour MP
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP also says that the move will disproportionately affect those from underrepresented and marginalised communities.
There’s a clear route to Labour election success: a Green New Deal
‘Labour must propose radical solutions to the climate crisis, and history shows us that relying on market driven solutions is a dead end’.
Fresh calls for Starmer to form ‘progressive alliance’ as Tories sweep up Brexiteer vote
‘Labour can’t win it alone’, according to pressure group Compass.