Leadership Election Special meeting report and the current policy platform of the leadership contenders
The ‘Leadership Election’ special open meeting was well attended. Julia, Kuldip and Gareth gave very…
Ludlow Constituency Labour Party
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Ludlow CLP’s Leader and Deputy Leader nomination meeting on Saturday 25th January
At Craven Arms Community Centre at 10.30am The meeting will commence with an opportunity to…
Meet our new Labour candidate for Ludlow constituency Kuldip Sohata
A voice of experience for the Ludlow Constituency Kuldip has a wealth of experience to…
POSTPONED: A Discussion with Grace Blakeley about her book STOLEN
POSTPONED: Sadly Grace Blakeley’s event is now postponed and will be rescheduled in the New…
Open Meeting on the Climate and Ecological Emergency
Ideas for working locally to respond to what politicians of all parties and at all…
Labour to contest Bishop’s Castle By-election
‘The Labour Party is contesting the Bishop’s Castle by-election for a new Shropshire Council Councillor.…
Members Blog
Housing
Written by Mark Kirby Record number of homeless dying while social housing completions hit record lows ONS figures show that there were an estimated 726 deaths of homeless people in England and Wales registered in 2018, the highest year-to-year increase (22%) since the time series began. Further figures show the…
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Green Industrial Revolution
Written by Mark Kirby The very first item in the LP 2019 Manifesto was rightly the Green Industrial Revolution. Clearly this is a very urgent issue which we need to take very seriously. The Manifesto states: “That’s why Labour will kick-start a Green Industrial Revolution that will create one million…
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The Tory Points Based Immigration System is Low Level Fascism
Written by Andy Metcalf Most of the commentary around Boris Johnson and Pritti Patel’s points based immigration proposals talk about low ‘skills’ when describing the people who will not qualify for entry to the UK. I would like to emphasise that it is not low ‘SKILLED’ workers that will be…
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An Economic Transformation: for the Many, not the Few
Written by Mark Kirby It is unfortunately the case that the last Labour government left a problematic legacy not only with their involvement in the illegal war in Iraq, but also in terms of an image of economic incompetence, largely due to the failure of the Labour party to challenge…
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If we want to cut crime, should we allow Corporations such freedom?
Written by Mark Kirby Typically, when we think of crime and the harms it may case, we think about people being attacked or murdered or having their goods stolen. In the 1970s classically there was an emphasis on mugging which led to crime being seen in a classist, racist way…
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Bolton fire reveals cladding issue is much bigger than previously thought
Written by Mark Kirby Fire rampaged through student residential accommodation in Bolton. A Video made by Ryan Pardon shows flames engulfing the building which is home to 211 students. Ryan, who filmed the blaze from a neighbouring flat, started recording when the fire had taken hold on the fourth and…
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