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 Statement on Supreme Court Ruling by Open Labour | 16.04.25 | In: Comment, News Open Labour reaffirms our support for the trans community in light of today’s Supreme Court ruling. Today’s Supreme Court ruling will make the lives of... Read More
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 Statement on ‘Pathways to Work’ Green Paper by Open Labour | 20.03.25 | In: Comment, News The Prime Minister is right to acknowledge that the welfare system, including Personal Independence Payment (PIP), needs reform. However, reform should not... Read More
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 The two-child cap is a poor fit for Labour by Lauren Davison | 23.07.23 | In: Comment Labour members were blindsided by Keir Starmer's recent commitment to keep George Osborne’s two child-cap on benefits. Thanks to Tory austerity, 1 in 4... Read More
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 Review: Michael Chessum’s ‘This Is Only The Beginning’ by Barry Coppinger | 18.11.22 | In: Comment I joined the Labour Party in Autumn 1979, within 6 months of the economic and social carnage beginning under Thatcher. Tony Benn in the late 70’s and 80’s... Read More
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 Labour needs to Forge a New Consensus within the Party and Country by Andrew Ryder | 10.11.22 | In: Comment I am a Labour member living in Hungary but still able to participate in the party through Labour International, a constituency Labour Party set up for members... Read More
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 REVIEW: Patrick Diamond and Giles Radice, Labour’s Civil Wars (London: Haus Publishin... by Dr Lewis Young | 31.08.22 | In: Comment Open Labour member Lewis Young PhD looks at recent literary approaches to factionalism in the Labour Party and asks whether it's possible to ever tackle... Read More
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 Building a new Social Europe would be the best response to Viktor Orbán’s culture wa... by Andrew Ryder | 21.08.22 | In: Comment Andrew Ryder, Associate Professor at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, argues that if a culture war is indeed taking place, the EU’s best response... Read More
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 Electoral Reform – Where are we? by Sandy Martin | 04.07.22 | In: Comment, News Sandy Martin is Chair of the Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform. In its recently published position paper, Open Labour commits once again to pushing for a... Read More
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 Getting housing policy right – “If the Conservatives won’t do it, we ... by Lewis Young | 11.05.22 | In: Comment Lewis Young is a member of Open Labour and Former Executive Member for Economic Development and Infrastructure, with responsibility for housing policy, on... Read More
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 Rwanda, Unaccompanied Children, and the UK Home Office: An initial response by Kerri Prince | 14.04.22 | In: Comment Kerri Prince is a Councillor in Hillingdon, and is on the Open Labour National Committee. It is common in modern political discourse for politicians to use... Read More
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 The Socialist Case for Proportional Representation by Jacqueline Taylor | 16.03.22 | In: Comment An Open Labour member puts forward the socialist case for proportional representation. Electoral systems explained Proportional representation (PR) is an... Read More
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 Report from Ukraine: Julie Ward by Julie Ward | 25.02.22 | In: Comment, News Former MEP and Committee member Julie Ward writes on her recent visit to Ukraine.  Waking up on Thursday morning February 24th to the news that multiple... Read More