labourlist--2020-09-07--Gordon Brown joins metro mayors in call to keep UK in Erasmus exchange scheme

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined calls to keep UK universities in the Erasmus programme after Brexit , describing the scheme as integral to developing “ skills , jobs , and investment in our towns and cities ” .
He joins the metro mayors of Newcastle , Sheffield , Manchester and Liverpool City , as well as Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford , in demanding that the UK stay in the European university exchange programme .
The demand comes after a recent YouGov poll indicated that 61 % of British people – including 57 % of Conservative voters and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support remaining in Erasmus .
The UK ’ s role in the Erasmus exchange scheme is not currently being treated as a priority association in Brexit negotiations and Britain will leave the scheme when it exits the EU at the end of this year .
This is despite the fact EU membership is not necessary to take part in the Erasmus programme .
Research has shown that students who participate in an Erasmus exchange are more likely to gain a higher grade than their peers and are 44 % more likely to hold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 2018 , the UK sent 17,084 students abroad as part of the Erasmus scheme , making up half of the total number of British students who study abroad .
Setting out his proposals , Gordon Brown said : “ As the polling shows , UK-wide we are united in our concern about how best to take on the coming economic crisis .
“ Our poll suggests that the public has transcended the Leave-Remain divide and that the issue is not whether your region is for or against Europe but whether you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy for full employment .
“ Enabling world-class education will be key to maintaining and developing the jobs and skills we need which make our global links vis Erasmus more vital than ever to our regional economies .
“ The YouGov poll shows people understand the pragmatic value of cooperating with Europe on learning , skills and developing employment opportunities .
Erasmus in particular means skills , jobs , and investment in our towns and cities across our regions.
” Jamie Driscoll , Dan Jarvis , Andy Burnham and Steve Rotherham , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Liverpool City Regions respectively , have all previously demanded the government save the Erasmus programme .
Liverpool John Moores university alone works with over 100 Erasmus partners across Europe , allowing hundreds of its students to study abroad every year .
Liverpool City Mayor Steve Rotherham : ” The Erasmus programme has provided countless opportunities for our young people to develop new skills , employment prospects and real-world experience that they never would have got otherwise .
“ Leaving the scheme would leave our regions much poorer , in terms of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our universities and our businesses .
“ Were we to turn our back on it , we would be robbing our young people of the chance to see the world , develop valuable life skills and the opportunity to study at fantastic universities around Europe.
” The Royal Society , the British Academy , Universities UK and The Russell Group have all also called on the government to keep the UK in the Erasmus scheme .
Gordon Brown recently voiced his support for also remaining in the EU Horizon Programme in order to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a budget of €80.9bn this year , the Horizon scheme funds groundbreaking medical , environmental and scientific research .
A previous poll has shown that 84 % of EU students said they “ definitely would not ” study in the UK if charged the same fees as international students .

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined calls to keep UK universities in the Erasmus programme after Brexit, describing the scheme as integral to developing “skills, jobs, and investment in our towns and cities”.
He joins the metro mayors of Newcastle, Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool City, as well as Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford, in demanding that the UK stay in the European university exchange programme.
The demand comes after a recent YouGov poll indicated that 61% of British people – including 57% of Conservative voters and 54% of Leave voters – strongly support remaining in Erasmus.
The UK’s role in the Erasmus exchange scheme is not currently being treated as a priority association in Brexit negotiations and Britain will leave the scheme when it exits the EU at the end of this year. This is despite the fact EU membership is not necessary to take part in the Erasmus programme.
Research has shown that students who participate in an Erasmus exchange are more likely to gain a higher grade than their peers and are 44% more likely to hold a managerial position ten years after graduating.
In 2018, the UK sent 17,084 students abroad as part of the Erasmus scheme, making up half of the total number of British students who study abroad.
Setting out his proposals, Gordon Brown said: “As the polling shows, UK-wide we are united in our concern about how best to take on the coming economic crisis.
“Our poll suggests that the public has transcended the Leave-Remain divide and that the issue is not whether your region is for or against Europe but whether you are for good jobs and for a policy for full employment.
“Enabling world-class education will be key to maintaining and developing the jobs and skills we need which make our global links vis Erasmus more vital than ever to our regional economies.
“The YouGov poll shows people understand the pragmatic value of cooperating with Europe on learning, skills and developing employment opportunities. Erasmus in particular means skills, jobs, and investment in our towns and cities across our regions.”
Jamie Driscoll, Dan Jarvis, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotherham, the mayors of Newcastle, Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool City Regions respectively, have all previously demanded the government save the Erasmus programme.
Liverpool John Moores university alone works with over 100 Erasmus partners across Europe, allowing hundreds of its students to study abroad every year.
Liverpool City Mayor Steve Rotherham: ”The Erasmus programme has provided countless opportunities for our young people to develop new skills, employment prospects and real-world experience that they never would have got otherwise.
“Leaving the scheme would leave our regions much poorer, in terms of the opportunities it offers our young people, our universities and our businesses.
“Were we to turn our back on it, we would be robbing our young people of the chance to see the world, develop valuable life skills and the opportunity to study at fantastic universities around Europe.”
The Royal Society, the British Academy, Universities UK and The Russell Group have all also called on the government to keep the UK in the Erasmus scheme.
Gordon Brown recently voiced his support for also remaining in the EU Horizon Programme in order to drive a post-Covid economic recovery. With a budget of €80.9bn this year, the Horizon scheme funds groundbreaking medical, environmental and scientific research.
A previous poll has shown that 84% of EU students said they “definitely would not” study in the UK if charged the same fees as international students.


labourlist--2020-09-07--Arts and culture funding key to ‘levelling up’ agenda, says Fabians report

Spending by local councils on arts and culture has been slashed by £860m – but the industry is key to the ‘ levelling up ’ agenda , according to new research by the Fabian Society .
The ‘ cultured communities ’ report found that local arts funding is now 38.5 % lower than it was in 2009 as a result of government austerity and suggested that rejuvenating the cultural industries is integral to a post-Covid economic recovery .
The government ’ s ongoing ‘ levelling up ’ agenda aims to address regional inequality and trigger economic growth in underperforming parts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ targeted at the ‘ Red Wall ’ seats they won from Labour in 2019 .
The new Fabians research argues that arts and culture spending is important for growth in these left-behind regions but is currently subject to severe regional inequality of its own .
Between 2009 and 2018 , National Lottery funding , which supports community arts programmes , spent on average £50.40 per person on organisations based in London compared to £21.26 per person for the rest of the country .
Projects in London received £231m from the scheme run by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than the next highest region .
In comparison , the Tees Valley received just £17m of funding across the ten year period .
The research claims that kickstarting the cultural sector nationwide could allow different regions to thrive post-Covid .
Government figures from February revealed that the UK ’ s creative industries contributed £13m to the economy every hour , but the pandemic has hit the industry hard .
In the UK , arts and culture funding is either distributed nationally by Arts Council England or comes from the budgets of local councils @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their spending by 21 % since 2010 .
The report has called on the government to reverse spending cuts and give greater devolution of power and funds so that councils and metro mayors can repair the damage of years of austerity on the sector .
Ben Cooper , Fabian Society researcher , said : “ Community arts and culture is an economic must-have for every village , town , and city if the government is serious about ‘ levelling up ’ .
These grassroots organisations can support the high street , the hospitality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quality of life .
If the arts thrive , we all do .
“ The arts and culture ecosystem must be supported from the grassroots up , which is why councils must lead the way .
They are rooted in their communities , know local cultural assets , and are best placed to shape the sector with sustainability and resilience at its heart .
“ The government must put councils and combined authorities at the heart of funding decisions , giving them the flexibility , freedom , and resources to urgently redress the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expertise can combine with local councils ’ on-the-ground knowledge to make this money go further , faster.
” In June , the government offered a £1.57bn support package for the arts sector to accommodate the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic .
However , it took 20 days for the first tranche of funding , 0.2 % of the total , to become available .
The Fabian ’ s research on regional arts inequality reflects a 2018 report by Arts Council England that found that the cultural industries struggle with nationwide representation and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white people ” .

Spending by local councils on arts and culture has been slashed by £860m – but the industry is key to the ‘levelling up’ agenda, according to new research by the Fabian Society.
The ‘cultured communities’ report found that local arts funding is now 38.5% lower than it was in 2009 as a result of government austerity and suggested that rejuvenating the cultural industries is integral to a post-Covid economic recovery.
The government’s ongoing ‘levelling up’ agenda aims to address regional inequality and trigger economic growth in underperforming parts of the UK – a message particularly targeted at the ‘Red Wall’ seats they won from Labour in 2019.
The new Fabians research argues that arts and culture spending is important for growth in these left-behind regions but is currently subject to severe regional inequality of its own.
Between 2009 and 2018, National Lottery funding, which supports community arts programmes, spent on average £50.40 per person on organisations based in London compared to £21.26 per person for the rest of the country.
Projects in London received £231m from the scheme run by Arts Council England, over £155m more than the next highest region. In comparison, the Tees Valley received just £17m of funding across the ten year period.
The research claims that kickstarting the cultural sector nationwide could allow different regions to thrive post-Covid. Government figures from February revealed that the UK’s creative industries contributed £13m to the economy every hour, but the pandemic has hit the industry hard.
In the UK, arts and culture funding is either distributed nationally by Arts Council England or comes from the budgets of local councils, which have been forced to reduce their spending by 21% since 2010.
The report has called on the government to reverse spending cuts and give greater devolution of power and funds so that councils and metro mayors can repair the damage of years of austerity on the sector.
Ben Cooper, Fabian Society researcher, said: “Community arts and culture is an economic must-have for every village, town, and city if the government is serious about ‘levelling up’. These grassroots organisations can support the high street, the hospitality sector, and improve everyone’s quality of life. If the arts thrive, we all do.
“The arts and culture ecosystem must be supported from the grassroots up, which is why councils must lead the way. They are rooted in their communities, know local cultural assets, and are best placed to shape the sector with sustainability and resilience at its heart.
“The government must put councils and combined authorities at the heart of funding decisions, giving them the flexibility, freedom, and resources to urgently redress the balance. Arts Council England’s expertise can combine with local councils’ on-the-ground knowledge to make this money go further, faster.”
In June, the government offered a £1.57bn support package for the arts sector to accommodate the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. However, it took 20 days for the first tranche of funding, 0.2% of the total, to become available.
The Fabian’s research on regional arts inequality reflects a 2018 report by Arts Council England that found that the cultural industries struggle with nationwide representation and are still largely “dominated by middle-class white people”.


labourlist--2020-09-08--Labour activists urge Starmer to back ‘right to stay’ for EU citizens campaign

Labour activists have urged new leader Keir Starmer to back the cross-party campaign in favour of European Union citizens already living in the UK to be given a guaranteed ‘ right to stay ’ after June 2021 .
Organised by the Labour Campaign for Free Movement group , a letter to the Labour leader signed by over 700 Labour members warns that many EU citizens will soon have their right to be in the UK revoked .
Under the current government programme , anyone now living in the UK who is an EU citizen must apply to the ‘ EU @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year in order to continue legally living in the country .
The scheme has been controversial because it makes people who have lived in the UK for many years , including those married to someone British , jump through hoops to stay , and the process can be complicated .
Opposition parties other than Labour – the SNP , Liberal Democrats , Plaid Cymru , Greens and the SDLP – joined together last week to call on the government to introduce a ‘ right to stay ’ that would replace the scheme .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prime Minister urging him to protect the rights of over three million European citizens and arguing that flaws in the scheme have been exacerbated by coronavirus .
The SNP ’ s Ian Blackford warned that without change “ many people risk falling through the cracks ” , while the Greens ’ Caroline Lucas said that allowing any EU citizen living in the UK to lose their right to stay “ should fill us with shame ” .
Alena Ivanova , a Labour activist and Another Europe is Possible organiser , said : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ picture of the success of the Settlement scheme , there are still millions at risk of losing their rights in the coming years .
“ A system that asks you to apply to stay in your home – in some cases twice – is not what European nationals were promised .
Even if we assume that 98 % or 99 % of them apply successfully , that would still mean tens of thousands of people facing deportation from the place they have made their home .
“ Since coronavirus struck , we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issues which simply can not be overcome in time – from a lack of awareness and support in the application process to periods of absence from the UK during the crisis .
It ’ s time for the Home Office to re-assess the scheme and grant automatic status to all.
” Hundreds of Labour members have now told Starmer : “ We are therefore disappointed that Labour has not yet signed up to support an automatic right to stay for EU citizens currently living in the UK .
As Labour members and supporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a public commitment to supporting this as soon as possible.
” Below is the letter and full list of signatories .
As it stands , many EU citizens who have made their home in this country will lose their status from June 2021 .
Without a guaranteed right to stay , millions of people are being forced to go through an application process which could turn them down .
Even assuming a 99 % application rate and success rate , tens of thousands of the more than three million European citizens living in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many of those receiving status are being granted pre-settled status , which is not permanent .
Coronavirus has compounded the situation , with both the application process and support measures disrupted .
The government has not even stated clearly that absences during the crisis will not count against applicants .
Boris Johnson has stood on the steps of Number 10 applauding nurses , carers , shop assistants and agricultural workers whom his government has every intention of stripping of their status .
On Sunday 6th September , representatives of five opposition parties came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the government to replace the Settled Status application process with a guaranteed ‘ right to stay ’ written into primary legislation .
In your leadership campaign , you promised not only to stand up for the rights of EU citizens living here already , but to support continued free movement and enhanced rights for migrants after Brexit .
We are therefore disappointed that Labour has not yet signed up to support an automatic right to stay for EU citizens currently living in the UK .
As Labour members and supporters , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commitment to supporting this as soon as possible .
Ian Hodson , Blackpool north , BFAWU National President Alena Ivanova , Bethnal Green and Bow Ben Towse , Hackney North & Stoke Newington , co-founder , Labour Campaign for Free Movement Ana Oppenheim , Hackney North & Stoke Newington , co-founder , Labour Campaign for Free Movement and Momentum NCG member Julie Ward , NW Durham , Former MEP Abbie Clark , Stevenage , Momentum NCG Member Jonny Roberts , Newbury , Chair , Newbury and 2019 parliamentary candidate for Wantage Laura Parker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ North Essex , Momentum NCG Member Arielle Bennett-Lovell , Stevenage , Vice Chair Membership Josh Lovell , Stevenage , Cambridge UCU member , Herts County Councillor Marcus Thorne , Lewisham Deptford , GC Delegate Emma Jones , Oxford West & Abingdon , Co-Chair Abingdon Labour Nicole Obidowski , Lewisham Deptford Michael Chessum , Streatham Carl Marten , Tonbridge and Malling , Secretary on behalf of Tonbridge and Malling Lauren Harrison , Penrith and the Border Tony Mobbs , Northampton Caroline Hering , North Islington Isra Choudhury , Poplar and Limehouse Jennifer Akdemir , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Political Officer Carole Westbrook , Southampton Itchen Julius Odoh , Greenwich Charmaine Wombwell , Hayes and Harlington Steve Strong , Bristol South Denis Buckley , Tonbridge and Malling Mike Hirst , Mid Norfolk Robert Courtney , Dartford Joe Anderson , Croydon Central Roz Kaveney , Hackney South and Shoreditch Nadia Amara , Chingford & Woodford Green , Ethnic Minority Officer Kwee Matheson , Bury St Edmunds Mike Young , Portsmouth South Nicola Saunders , Worsley & Eccles South Laura Schwartz , Lewisham and Deptford , Women ’ s officer , Brockley Labour Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tonbridge and Malling , Chair Lee Saunders , Worsley and Eccles South Lorna Hicks , Oxford East Steve Doone , Colchester Mark Drew , Warrington South Richard Rippin , Cambridge Richard Banks , South Dorset Diane Murray , Ealing north David Irvine , Glasgow South West Catherine Bacon , Liverpool Wavertree Dr Paul Tanto , Twickenham Anna Lilley , East Hampshire Alison Rawles , Glasgow North Kathleen Allen , Blackley and Brroughton Rebecka Fowler , North east Cambridgeshire Jerry Elsmore , Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough John Tressillian , Manchester Daniel Brown , Workington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pollert , Warwick and Leamington Alan Gwynn , Maidenhead John Gaskell , SW Surrey Paula Johnson , Bristol North West Dr Neil Wigglesworth , Lewisham West and Penge Wendy Lewis , Caerphilly Gavin Edwards , Walthamstow Paul Savill , North Somerset Alexander Hampson , Brentwood and Ongar Dermot Christopher O ’ Connor , Wyre Forest Joanne Simpson , Kingston-Upon-Hull Marilyn Solomon , Greenwich Adetayo Solomon , Greenwich John Henry , Wrexham , Membship Sec Jamie Garton , North West Leicestershire Anne Greenslade , Labour International Andrew Dickie , Norwich North Paula Mitchell , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Peter Trewhitt , Derbyshire Dales David Rhodes , West Dorset , Treasurer James William Francis Parmenter , Braintree Ghazal Haqani , East Ham Paul Barlow , Hastings & Rye James Ryder , Labour International ( Paris & NE France ) Jacqueline Jones , Workington Sarah Jones , Milton Keynes James Craigie , Torridge and West Devon Alan Jones , Workington Rebecca Galbraith , Croydon North Mario Wyn-Jones , Folkestone and Hythe Brenda Ashton , Wirral South Hannah Driver , Durham Leslie Hearn , Holborn & St Pancras Judith Kahn , Calder Valley Natalie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Maidstone Meira Shore , Brent Miriam Binder , Kemptown and Newhaven Miriam Beeks , Hackney North Richard Rawles , Edinburgh Northern and Leith Mary Noble , Hove and Portslade John Fisher , Lewes David Worrall , South West Herts Dawn B Judd , Preston Moira Harwood , Royton North Conor Sewell , Sevenoaks , LCFM Steering Committee member , Sevenoaks social media officer and disabilities officer Kirsten Forkert , Birmingham Hall Green , Branch chair , Birmingham City University UCU ( personal capacity ) Reuben Duffy , Airdrie and Shotts Andrew Bowie , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chair of South Branch Daniel Whittall , Halifax , Warley ward branch secretary Paul Horn , Dulwich and West Norwood Valerie Robertson , Westminster North E. 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Labour activists have urged new leader Keir Starmer to back the cross-party campaign in favour of European Union citizens already living in the UK to be given a guaranteed ‘right to stay’ after June 2021.
Organised by the Labour Campaign for Free Movement group, a letter to the Labour leader signed by over 700 Labour members warns that many EU citizens will soon have their right to be in the UK revoked.
Under the current government programme, anyone now living in the UK who is an EU citizen must apply to the ‘EU settlement scheme’ before June 30th next year in order to continue legally living in the country.
The scheme has been controversial because it makes people who have lived in the UK for many years, including those married to someone British, jump through hoops to stay, and the process can be complicated.
Opposition parties other than Labour – the SNP, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, Greens and the SDLP – joined together last week to call on the government to introduce a ‘right to stay’ that would replace the scheme.
Representatives of those parties wrote to the Prime Minister urging him to protect the rights of over three million European citizens and arguing that flaws in the scheme have been exacerbated by coronavirus.
The SNP’s Ian Blackford warned that without change “many people risk falling through the cracks”, while the Greens’ Caroline Lucas said that allowing any EU citizen living in the UK to lose their right to stay “should fill us with shame”.
Alena Ivanova, a Labour activist and Another Europe is Possible organiser, said: “While the Home Office paints a rosy picture of the success of the Settlement scheme, there are still millions at risk of losing their rights in the coming years.
“A system that asks you to apply to stay in your home – in some cases twice – is not what European nationals were promised. Even if we assume that 98% or 99% of them apply successfully, that would still mean tens of thousands of people facing deportation from the place they have made their home.
“Since coronavirus struck, we have had a plethora of reports of new issues which simply cannot be overcome in time – from a lack of awareness and support in the application process to periods of absence from the UK during the crisis. It’s time for the Home Office to re-assess the scheme and grant automatic status to all.”
Hundreds of Labour members have now told Starmer: “We are therefore disappointed that Labour has not yet signed up to support an automatic right to stay for EU citizens currently living in the UK. As Labour members and supporters, we call on you to make a public commitment to supporting this as soon as possible.”
Below is the letter and full list of signatories.
Dear Keir,
As it stands, many EU citizens who have made their home in this country will lose their status from June 2021. Without a guaranteed right to stay, millions of people are being forced to go through an application process which could turn them down. Even assuming a 99% application rate and success rate, tens of thousands of the more than three million European citizens living in the UK will become illegal. And many of those receiving status are being granted pre-settled status, which is not permanent.
Coronavirus has compounded the situation, with both the application process and support measures disrupted. The government has not even stated clearly that absences during the crisis will not count against applicants. Boris Johnson has stood on the steps of Number 10 applauding nurses, carers, shop assistants and agricultural workers whom his government has every intention of stripping of their status.
On Sunday 6th September, representatives of five opposition parties came together to sign an open letter calling on the government to replace the Settled Status application process with a guaranteed ‘right to stay’ written into primary legislation. In your leadership campaign, you promised not only to stand up for the rights of EU citizens living here already, but to support continued free movement and enhanced rights for migrants after Brexit.
We are therefore disappointed that Labour has not yet signed up to support an automatic right to stay for EU citizens currently living in the UK. As Labour members and supporters, we call on you to make a public commitment to supporting this as soon as possible.
Yours,
Ian Hodson, Blackpool north, BFAWU National President
Alena Ivanova, Bethnal Green and Bow
Ben Towse, Hackney North & Stoke Newington, co-founder, Labour Campaign for Free Movement
Ana Oppenheim, Hackney North & Stoke Newington, co-founder, Labour Campaign for Free Movement and Momentum NCG member
Julie Ward, NW Durham, Former MEP
Abbie Clark, Stevenage, Momentum NCG Member
Jonny Roberts, Newbury, Chair, Newbury and 2019 parliamentary candidate for Wantage
Laura Parker, International
Solma Ahmed, Harwich and North Essex, Momentum NCG Member
Arielle Bennett-Lovell, Stevenage, Vice Chair Membership
Josh Lovell, Stevenage, Cambridge UCU member, Herts County Councillor
Marcus Thorne, Lewisham Deptford, GC Delegate
Emma Jones, Oxford West & Abingdon, Co-Chair Abingdon Labour
Nicole Obidowski, Lewisham Deptford
Michael Chessum, Streatham
Carl Marten, Tonbridge and Malling, Secretary on behalf of Tonbridge and Malling
Lauren Harrison, Penrith and the Border
Tony Mobbs, Northampton
Caroline Hering, North Islington
Isra Choudhury, Poplar and Limehouse
Jennifer Akdemir, Bath Somerset
Daniel Nichols, Romford, Political Officer
Carole Westbrook, Southampton Itchen
Julius Odoh, Greenwich
Charmaine Wombwell, Hayes and Harlington
Steve Strong, Bristol South
Denis Buckley, Tonbridge and Malling
Mike Hirst, Mid Norfolk
Robert Courtney, Dartford
Joe Anderson, Croydon Central
Roz Kaveney, Hackney South and Shoreditch
Nadia Amara, Chingford & Woodford Green, Ethnic Minority Officer
Kwee Matheson, Bury St Edmunds
Mike Young, Portsmouth South
Nicola Saunders, Worsley & Eccles South
Laura Schwartz, Lewisham and Deptford, Women’s officer, Brockley Labour Party
Jo Wilkinson, Hexham
Julian Wilson, Tonbridge and Malling, Chair
Lee Saunders, Worsley and Eccles South
Lorna Hicks, Oxford East
Steve Doone, Colchester
Mark Drew, Warrington South
Richard Rippin, Cambridge
Richard Banks, South Dorset
Diane Murray, Ealing north
David Irvine, Glasgow South West
Catherine Bacon, Liverpool Wavertree
Dr Paul Tanto, Twickenham
Anna Lilley, East Hampshire
Alison Rawles, Glasgow North
Kathleen Allen, Blackley and Brroughton
Rebecka Fowler, North east Cambridgeshire
Jerry Elsmore, Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough
John Tressillian, Manchester
Daniel Brown, Workington
Peter Hampson, Brentwood and Ongar
Anna Pollert, Warwick and Leamington
Alan Gwynn, Maidenhead
John Gaskell, SW Surrey
Paula Johnson, Bristol North West
Dr Neil Wigglesworth, Lewisham West and Penge
Wendy Lewis, Caerphilly
Gavin Edwards, Walthamstow
Paul Savill, North Somerset
Alexander Hampson, Brentwood and Ongar
Dermot Christopher O’Connor, Wyre Forest
Joanne Simpson, Kingston-Upon-Hull
Marilyn Solomon, Greenwich
Adetayo Solomon, Greenwich
John Henry, Wrexham, Membship Sec
Jamie Garton, North West Leicestershire
Anne Greenslade, Labour International
Andrew Dickie, Norwich North
Paula Mitchell, Bristol South
Terry Walker, Brighton Pavilion
Peter Trewhitt, Derbyshire Dales
David Rhodes, West Dorset, Treasurer
James William Francis Parmenter, Braintree
Ghazal Haqani, East Ham
Paul Barlow, Hastings & Rye
James Ryder, Labour International (Paris & NE France)
Jacqueline Jones, Workington
Sarah Jones, Milton Keynes
James Craigie, Torridge and West Devon
Alan Jones, Workington
Rebecca Galbraith, Croydon North
Mario Wyn-Jones, Folkestone and Hythe
Brenda Ashton, Wirral South
Hannah Driver, Durham
Leslie Hearn, Holborn & St Pancras
Judith Kahn, Calder Valley
Natalie Loftus, Sheffield Central
Richard Songhurst, Maidstone
Meira Shore, Brent
Miriam Binder, Kemptown and Newhaven
Miriam Beeks, Hackney North
Richard Rawles, Edinburgh Northern and Leith
Mary Noble, Hove and Portslade
John Fisher, Lewes
David Worrall, South West Herts
Dawn B Judd, Preston
Moira Harwood, Royton North
Conor Sewell, Sevenoaks, LCFM Steering Committee member, Sevenoaks social media officer and disabilities officer
Kirsten Forkert, Birmingham Hall Green, Branch chair, Birmingham City University UCU (personal capacity)
Reuben Duffy, Airdrie and Shotts
Andrew Bowie, Cambridge
Ulrike Schmidt, Walthamstow, Vice chair of South Branch
Daniel Whittall, Halifax, Warley ward branch secretary
Paul Horn, Dulwich and West Norwood
Valerie Robertson, Westminster North
E. Rice, Weaver Vale
Andrea Gilbert, Putney, Women’s Officer
Magi Young, Exeter
Carol Westall, Hexham
Konnie Lloyd, Broxtowe
Sarah Kim Bryan, Montgomeryshire, Associate Director of Communication
David Shurlovk, South West Surrey, Branch Secretary Farnham
Jamie McCarthy, South Hackney and Shoreditch
Richard Bartholomew, Labour International South East Asia (Thailand)
Sabine Ebert-Forbes, Keighley, VC Campaigns
Farah Wise, Hammersmith
Andrew Dawn, Derby North
Darren Caudle, Cardiff North
Madeleine Brierley, Bolton West
Mike Payne, Cardiff South & Penarth
Fionna Wire, Lewisham Deptford
Seonaidh (John) Morton, Mid Fife & Glenrothes / Meadhan Fìobha’s Gleann Rathais, Treasurer / Ionmhasair
Timothy Mullen, Stoke-on-Trent South
Jane Kelly, Camberwell & Peckham
Emma Rattenbury, Sheffield Heeley, Membership Secretary Gleadless Valley Branch
Jeremy Lynton, Poplar and Limehouse
Natalie Sedacca, Islington South & Finsbury
Edna Mullen, Stoke-on-Trent South
Lauren Starkey, Hove and Portslade
Michael Yates, Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Lyn Prendergast, Bethnal Green and Bow
Gerard McLaughlin, Angus
Syed babur, Glen parva
Roger Cannon, Cardif South & Penarth
Stan Cook, Edinburgh North & Leith, Vice Chair Membership Edinburgh North & Leith
Ian Timpany, Bermondsey & Old Southwark
Katrina Allan, Mid Fife & Glenrothes
Penelope Jones, Bath
Jill Creed Taylor, Hastings and Rye
Lynn Jarvie, Nuneaton and Bedworth
Ray Gerlach, Hastings and Rye
Veronica Bolan, Glasgow East
Philippa Drew, Brentford & Isleworth
Joseph O’Toole, Rugby
Carole Anne Bridge, Labour international
Stephanie Williamson, Lewisham West & Penge
Steve Lee, Ealing Central and Acton
Anna Warrington, Hazel Grove and Marple
Barbara Callender, Battersea
Adam McNamara, Liverpool Riverside
Deeba Syed, Bethnal Green and Bow, Society of Labour Lawyers Executive
Elaine Matuszewski, Guildford
Daniel Key, Bristol East Labour Part
Fran Davies, Carmarthenshire East
Lucy Grig, Edinburgh Southern/Edinburgh South
Justina Kiss, Labour International Netherlands
Howard Ricketts, Stevenage
Dan Davison, Cambridge
Rosy Bremer, Portsmouth South
Mike Cushman, Streatham
Loveday Smith, Labour International (Netherlands)
Stephen Rawles, Glasgow North
Charlotte Smith, SW Hertfordshire, Policy Officer, SW Herts
Peter Duffield, Fermanagh
John Williams, Penzance
Edward Williamson, Chipping Barnet
Pauline Spencer, Wavertree, Independent translator
Colin ODriscoll, Labour International, Vice Chair
Heidy Kempe-Böttcher, Manchester Withington
Owain Gardner, North West Durham, Secretary, Weardale Branch & Executive Member of NWD
Fiona Urquhart, Labour international, Luxembourg branch chair
Mike Cowley, Edinburgh North and Leith, Executive Committee
Nora Casey, Edinburgh Pentlands
C Jane Kaczynski, Edinburgh Southern
Mark Donovan, Cardiff Central
Ric Euteneuer, Stevenage, Executive
John Burgess, Tottenham
Peter, Croydon Fairfield
Nigel Evenden, Dewsbury
Josh Petzoldt, Holborn and St Pancras
Louise Shields, Edinburgh Southern
Nigel Munisamy, Tottenham
Martyn Rush, Oxford East, Cllr
Yvonne Forsey, Devizes
Linda Heiden, Streatham, Women’s Officer
Stuart Lang, North East Fife
Eugene, Wimbledon
Virginia Yates, Cambridge
Pam Wortley, Sunderland Central, Delegate
Yvonne Bruce, Edinburgh North and Leith
Ms Hilary Lawson, brighton
Jeremy Isaacs, Streatham, Chair, Streatham Hill branch Labour Party
Holger Schmidt, Camborne, Redruth
Juliet Schofield, Streatham
Laura Swaffield, Vauxhall
Max Smith, Warwick & Leamington
Christian Brookes, Eastleigh
Jacob Butler, Derbyshire Dales
Mark Whyte, York Central
Cate Tuitt, Bethnal Green and Bow
Mark Findlay, Brighton Pavilion
Penelope Lawson, Cheshire East
Kim Peirce, Reading West
June Turnbull, Sunderland Central
Stan Smith, Broxtowe
Derek Pickard, North Warwickshire
Gareth Glynn, Streatham
Kathleen Hunt, Cannock Chase
Emma Barratt, North Tyneside
Carol Wandt, Plymouth
Sue Mew, Walthamstow
Ian Woolcomb, Bristol South
Sandy Paul, Poplar and Limehouse, Membership Coordinator, EC
Georgina Houston, Harrow West
Stephen Whiting, Stevenage
Jan Donaldson, Vauxhall
Anne Bird, Harrogate
Sacha Marten, Tonbridge and Malling, VC Membership, LGBT+ Officer
Bob Bollen, Twickenham
Peter Gillon, Halifax
Deeba Syed, Bethnal Green and Bow, Society of Labour Lawyers Executive
Shoib Khan, Edinburgh South
Alice König, Fife
Ashley Kennedy, Stoke on Trent North
Derek Pheby, Salisbury
Gary Ironmonger, Streatham
Thomas Gilbert, Islington South & Finsbury
Michael Chanan, Windsor, Professor Emeritus
Margaret Graham, Edinburgh Southern
JE Stone., Bournemouth East
John Cunningham, Chorley, Lancshire
Shaun Green, Labour International
Lynne Fordyce, Leeds Central
Jennifer Wilson, East Dunbartonshire
United Kingdom, norwich south, Chris Meacock
Ruth Gillett, Glasgow Kelvin
Gerard Boyle, SW Surrey, Councillor
Hannah Lane, Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Jean Blaylock, Vauxhall
Lezley Marion Cameron, Edinburgh Southern, Councillor
Steffi Walker, Tooting
Tim Beecher, Brighton
David Powell, Crewe and Nantwich
Keith Martin, Finchley and Golders Green, GC
Chris O’Donovan, Harborough
Carolyn Jordin, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Kevin Nicholls, Ludlow, Kevin Nicholls FRCPsych
H Mcdonald, North tyneside
Alistair Greaves, York, Branch Chair
Bob Mouncer, Hull West & Hessle
Lorna Wright, Colchester
A Barbara, Worcester
Peter Nelson, North Hull, Branch Chair
Alan Coles, South Northants
Erica Flint, South Lakes and Lonsdale
Andy Hoskins, Mole Valley
Dr Brigitte Anton, South Belfast
Phil Pemberton, Leeds East
Elizabeth Lewis, Bournemouth East, Councillor BCP
Linda Heiden, Streatham, Women’s Officer
Majid Siadat, Streatham
Anne Lyons, Oxford East
Neil Bell, Manchester Central
Royston Knipe, Broadland
John Fox, Fareham
Jim Moody, Isle of Wight, Ryde Branch Secretary (personal capacity)
Evelyn Murray, Hastings and Rother
Susan Pashkoff, Leyton and Wanstead, Women’s Officer
Georgine Whiting, Stevenage
Anthony Gard, Lewisham Deptford
Anne Marie McCabe, North East Hampshire
Angie Mindel, Nottingham East
Bill Krol, Edinburgh Southern
Barry Errington, Crewe and Nantwich
Peter Green, Hackney North
Margaret Masterman, Boston and Skegnedd
Joan Twelves, Vauxhall
Simon Kane, Camden
Stephen Watts, Horsham,. West Sussex
Richard Taylor, Battersea
Patricia Holgate, Broughton
Vivienne Littlebury, Louth & Horncastle
Mr Terence R Turner, Swansea
Celia Wilson, Wantage, District Councillor, Town Councillor, Vice-chair (membership)
Diane Roome, Poplar and Limehouse
Evaldo Dutra, Barnet
Steven Peart, Tynemouth
Julia Bard, islington North, Branch delegate to GC
Tony Roome, Poplar & Limehouse
Doreen Clifford, Hazel Grove
Jamil Ismaili, Cardiff South & Penarth
Rick Gaehl, Totnes, Secretary, Totnes
Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Oxford West and Abingdon
Peter Gilbert, Pudsey
Karol Florek, Cambridge
Martin Jewitt, Folkestone & Hythe
Alice Bondi, Penrith and the Border
Jenny Secretan, Newcastle Central
Cris Clark, Stevenage
Bern McGowan, Chingford and Woodford Green
Denise Abel, Labour international, Italy and Malta
Philip Jones, Stourbridge
John Stuttle, Vauxhall, Vauxhall TULO, Father of the Unite Chapel at Guardian and Observer
Helen Alipaz, Totnes, Women’s Officer
Celia Stephenson-Bird, Ipswich
Anne-Marie O’Reilly, Lewisham
Chris Kirk, Vauxhall
Dr Angela Rae, Hove
Laurie Butler, Derbyshire Dales
Linda Foster, Brent North
M.Pelfrey, Brentford and Isleworth
Charles Birch, Pudsey
RSJ Briggs, Lewisham Deptford
Claire E. Birch, Pudsey
Nick Levine, Cambridge
Roger Kerfoot, Oldham East & Saddleworth
Chris Jefferies, Bristol West
Gill McCall, Wimbledon
John Gardner, Stevenage
Carmen Williams, Mid Bedfordshire, Women’s Officer
Thomas, Colchester
Mark Catterall, Calder Valley
Nathan Roberts, Wokingham
Jon Clay, Vauxhall
Margaret Knell, Harborough
Ruth Milsom, Sheffield Hallam, Candidate for Crookes & Crosspool ward 2021
Rachel Holland, North Croydon
Philip Arrowsmith, Leicester South
Sally Parrott, Guildford
Steve Furber, Mid Sussex
Alison Rawles, Glasgow North
Patricia Banke, Islington South and Finsbury, Ward Vice Chair
Robert Mitchell, Harborough
Yussef Robinson, North & Leith
Jeffrey Hurford, Ogmore
Jane Smith, North Cornwall
Charlie Hore, Hackney North
Lesley Letts, West Dorset
Patrick Sopp, Mid Beds, Branch Chair
Francis Clegg, Carshalton & Wallington
Levan Tkeshelashvili, West Norfolk
Patrick Sopp, Mid Beds, Branch Chair
Emma Warden, Derby South
Mary Jones, Swansea East
Helen Spriggs, Bethnal Green and Bow, Co-Chair, Unite branch LE1267
James Beckles, West Ham, Councillor
Kevin Tolhurst, Tonbridge and Malling
Holden Mutevera, Hampstead & Kilburn
Andrew Wincott, Selby and Ainsty
Katherine Payne, High Peak
Fraser Robertson, MK South
Mark Bebbington, Bury North, Unite delegate
Valerie Jeffries, Faversham and Mid Kent
Michelle Jose, Truro
As Kam, Battersea
Adrian Yardley, Milton Keynes North
Durah Ashton, Liverpool
Mark Jones, Aldershot
Eric Chipulina, West Suffolk
Ruth Aylett, Edinburgh Southern, Exec member
Ron Cohen, Finchley & Golders Green
Monika Duda, Tower Hamlets
Hayley Griffin, Edinburgh Northern and Leith
Carol Milner, Coventry North West
Klara Kofen, Tooting
Andrew Roberts, Hackney South
Simon Williams, Blackley and Broughton
Marcus Weeks, Hastings & Rye
Lisa Martinez, Southwark
Alison Starkey, Wansbeck
Mary Scott, Rochford and Southend East
Phil Cawston, Brighton Pavilion
Leon Jevons, Cannock Chase
Geoff Ryan, Carmarthen East and Dynefwr
Will Scarnell, Hampstead and Kilburn
C.Neil Thomas, New Forest West
Ann Kramer, Hastings & Rye
Jimmy Kelly, Labour International
Keith Bradbury, Cannock Chase
Clive Hopper, Gower
Benjamin Wrigley, Newcastle North
Charli Langford, Bethnal Green & Bow
Cam, Bethnal Green and Bow
Jenny Mahimbo, Labour International, chair (in a personal capacity)
Stuart Goodman, Finchley & Golders Green
Valerie Bossman-Quarshie, Islington North
Mona Adam, Kensington, BAME Officer
Nigel Harper, Edinburgh Southern, Political Education Officer
Jonathan Paige, Suffolk Coastal
Wendy Stevenson, Congleton
Andrew Nodroum, Labour International
Polly Wicks, Lewisham West & Penge
William Nicholson, Haywards Heath
Malcolm & Linda, Warwick
Ralph Keith Redhead, Southwark
Pete Firmin, Hampstead & Kilburn, chair
Christine d’Avoine, Leeds North East
Jak Webb, Labour International
Ollie Parham, Bristol south, Teacher
Eben Marks, Sheffield Heeley
Niki Gandy, Cannock chase
David Azpiazu Torres, Camberwell and Peckham
Geoff Taylor, Oxford West and Abingdon, Secretary, Kidlington & Yarnton BLP
Nicola Mathers, Waveney, Vice Chair membership
Zulfqar Ali, Bethnal Green & Bow
Mary Crick, Tunbridge Wells
Deborah Hansen, Harborough, Branch Disability officer
Angie Smith, Sheffield Heeley
Puru Miah, Bethnal Green and Bow, Councillor
Keith Jackson, Sheffield Heeley
Anne Amison, Walsall South
Steve Bodswoeth, Northampton South
Chris Rawlinson, Sheffield Hallam
Roisin Dargan-Peel, Rossendale and Darwen
Mr Jonathan Crispin Kaye-Morrell, Norwich South
Michelle Donovan, Garston and Halewood
Graeme Beard, Pontypridd
John Bond, Oxford East, Representative for European matters
Helen Kummer, Totne
Mike Vessey, Chelsea&Fulham, Vice Chair
Kyle Bellamy, Edinburgh Northern and Leith
John Middleton, Riverside, Liverpool
Tony Simpson, Rushcliffe, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
Jeremy Isaacs, Streatham, Chair, Streatham Hill branch Labour Party
Diane Phizacklea, Cannock Chase
Sylvia Cohen, Finchley and Golders Green
Roslyn Gowers, Mid Worcestershire, Secretary
Ian Holton, Bath
Alison Edie, Edinburgh Eastern
John Dunn, Somerton and Frome
Eddie Hornby, Stevenage
Ian Mitchell, Didsbury East
Mike O’Neill, Oxford West and Abingdon
James Barling, Sleaford and North Hykeham
Martin Dewey-Findell, Broxtowe
Valerie Quinn, Mid Bedfordshire, Treasurer
Pete Keenan, Dover
Rona Campbell, Derbyshire Dales
Elaine Hale, Rushcliffe
Anne wake, Derbyshire Dales
Diana Barnes, Easleigh, Hampshire Unison Retired Members’ Section Committee
Ian Townson, Battersea
Rhys Goode, Vauxhall
Peter Johnson, North Ayrshire
Adriana Brinsmead-Stockham, Kingston upon Thames
Roger Creegan, Burnley
Bradley Allsop, Lincoln
Dorothy van Heeswyk, Streatham
Jane Jackson, Twickenham
Dickie Davies, Stockport, Councillor
Jeannette Thomas, Stevenage
James Hignett, Mid Bedfordshire
Catriona Lischka, Vauxhall, Secretary, Ferndale ward
Alison Jose, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Rosalind Austin, Camberwell and Peckham, Womens officer
Paul Kirsch, Ashford
David Harries, Bridgend
Cllr John Paschoud, Lewisham West & Penge
Wendy Sindall, Harborough
Dorothea Jessop, Lewisham West and Penge
Paul Tindall, Kemptown and Peacehaven
Fred Leplat, Finchley & Golders Green
Dave Hill, Brighton Pavilion, Former Labour Group Leader (E.Sx.)
Annie Simon, South Swindon
Valerie Binney, Sheffield Central, Branch Exec 2011 to 2017
Pete Radcliff, Broxtowe
Jeff Salway, Edinburgh Southern
Alex Heslop, Bethnal Green & Bow
Peter Brown, Erith & Thamesmead
Gary de Banke, Nottingham East
Andy Gregg, St Albans
Deborah Knight, Finchley & Golders Green
Linda Hasselmyr, Worcester
Rimone Newman, Bristol West
Lyn Eynon, Cardiff South and Penarth
John Whitney, Norwich South, Labour Party Branch Organiser
Pamela Blakelock, Dulwich and West Norwood, Delegate to GC. Vice chair of branch
Diane Murray, Ealing north
Alfred Gliddon, Kingswood
Patrick Jenkins, Greenwich and Woolwich, LEF Exec Member
Clare Brown, Broxtowe
Graham Arthur Lambert, Broxtowe
Ruth Roberts, Norwich South
Christine McFarlane, Edinburgh North
Stephen Wagg, Leicester South
Margaret Masterman, Boston and Skegness
Tom McCormick, Wrexham, Party member, NASUWT rep
Paul M Prendergast, East Dunbartonshire
Ursula Canton, Glasgow North
Carole Anne Quinn, Rossendale & Darwen
Ruth Ford, Bristol East
David Armstrong, Lichfield
James Ryński-Kelsall, Kemptown
Stephanie Grant, Tottenham
Robin Sivapalan, Brent Central, Secretary, Brent Community branch, Unite the Union
Margaret Hunter, Darlington
Douglas, Newham
Abel Harvie-Clark, Newcastle East
John Murray, Hornsey and Wood Green
Elena Nardi, South Norwich
Gordon Flear, Gorton, Manchester Gorton
Ian Garfield Jones, Skipton & Ripon
Peter Daw, Mid Worcestershire
Liam McQuade, Bethnal Green and Bow, Education officer
Catherine Brereton, Wimbledon
Ken Edwards, Newham
Martin Housden, Hackney South
Gideon Ben-Tovim, Riverside, OBE
Matt Creasey, Stevenage, Stevenage South Branch Secretary
Lorcan Whitehead, Colchester, Borough Councillor, Political Education Officer
Don Flynn, Greenwich & Woolwich
Andy Warren, Lewisham Deptford
Steven Carver, Bethnal Green & Bow
Mary Flannery, Skipton and Ripon
Angus Hebenton, Bolton South East
Theo van de Bilt, Hertford Stortford
Vincent Kehoe, Stretford
Sarah Chapman, Hertford and Stortford, Secretary
Mark Pryke, Ceredigion
Martin Page, Lewisham East
Lesley Whitfield, City of Chester
Dorothy Macedo, Worthing West
Peter Bone, Broxtowe
Rosemary Robinson, Charnwood
Simon Heywood, North East Derbyshire
Janine Brady, Louth and Horncastle
Valerie Chaplin, Portsmouth South, Bremain Council
Patrick Blandford, Taunton Deane
Bruce Robinson, Stockport
Christine Martin, Cannock Chase, Chair & Secretary
Susan Hocking, Mid Worcestershire, Evesham Branch Labour Party Secretary
Susan Dorrell, Tottenham
Claire Shipp, South West Bedfordshire
Eddy Knasel, Bristol West
Mike Eliot, Islington
Jo Hiley, Sheffield Central
Kate Seymour, Colchester
Kai Stuart, Edinburgh Central
Kevin Harrison, South Suffolk
Brian Cantrill, Nottingham East
Vicky Bostock, Surrey
Alan Theasby, Middlesbrough, Chair, Unite Community Tees & Durham branch
Margarida Fawke, Clwyd West
Peter Allan, North Devon
Martin Bailey, Vale of Clwyd
Alan White, Streatham
George Cook, Northampton South
Patrick Mc Fadden, Kensington & Chelsea
Gregg Birch, South Tottenham
Jenny Brown, Hendon, EC officer
Stuart Winstanley, Cardiff North
Catriona Jarvis, Lewisham Deptford
Dave Statham, Forest of Dean
Lawrence Welch, Durham
Wisty Thomas, Wimbledon
Mike Dolan, Weaver Vale
Brian Eadon, Clwyd South, TULO
Janice Kelly, Altrincham and Sale West
Jill Westendorp, West Dorset
Dr Neil Faulkner, St Albans, Archaeologist and Historian
Janine Booth, Lewes
Ingo Marowsky, Streatham, TULO
Chris Allen, Leicester West
Stephen Rodger Benson, Edinburgh Central
James Jackson, Croydon North
Ross McKenzie, Edinburgh Central, Campaign Co-ordinator
Kas Witana, Penistone & Stocksbridge, Political Education Officer
Dr Neil Wigglesworth, Lewisham West and Penge
Pamela Edmondosn, Barrow & Furness
Benjamin Chadwick, Labour International
Glenn Howe, Newcastle East
Mike Coble, Cunninghame South
Michael Wongsam, West Bromwich East
Leslie Lloyd, Staffordshire Moorlands
Steve Ainsworth, Mid Worcestershire, Chair (Acting)
Charles Christopher Gray, Chipping Barnet
M Murphy, Scunthorpe, Sec BLP
Jacqueline Conway, Brent Central
Gerard Burke, MK South
Helen McCabe, Broxtowe
Liz Angus, Swansea
Roland England, Chipping Barnet
Anne-Marie Le Gall, Ynys Môn
Christopher Bright, Camberwell & Peckham
William Gwynfor Robertd, Ynys Môn
Claudia Sorvillo, Wokingham
Grenville Matta, St. Austell
Stanisław Raychell, Bristol North East
Gerard Haresnape, Conwy
Charles Pendlebury, Altrincham and Sale
Gerard Haresnape, Aberconwy
Sarah McAuliffe, Chislehurst
Jenefer Ford, Mid Norfolk
Andrew Blewett, Exeter
Joe Gluza, Cambridge
Irena Paxton, Cardiff South & Penarth
Graham Watson, North Wiltshire
Philip Ward, Sheffield Central, UNISON Member
Naomi Andrews, Rushcliffe
Linda Weatherhead, Crawley
Kourosh Karimi, Worthing
Paul Russell, Shipley
Mazdak Afshar, Merton
Adrian Scandrett, South Northamptonshire
Pauline Di Chiara, Hazel Grove
Patrick Wood, Richmond Park
Richard Moore, Preseli Pembs
Annemieke Waite, North Somerset
Joe Russell, Streatham, Streatham Young Labour Campaigns officer
Michaela Benson, Canterbury
Jill Smith, Edisbury
June Bains, South Shields
Mike Rowley, Oxford East, City Councillor
Nick Chandler, Carshalton & Wallington
John Johnstone Percival, Newcastle East
John Brunton, Hampstead and Kilburn
Nicola Quinn, Poplar and Limehouse, Social Media Officer
Mary Stow, Hammersmith & Shepherd’s Bush
Sean Conway, Nottingham East
Jeremy Isaacs, Streatham, Chair, Streatham Hill branch Labour Party
Benjamin Hobhouse, Yeovil
Michael O’Hagan, Bristol East
Stefan Lacny, Cambridge
Kristian Ravnkilde, Broxtowe
Cindy Torn, Exeter
Sheila Ravnkilde, Broxtowe
Wendy Harland, Bolton West
Heelah Schoham, Camberwell & Peckham
Valerie Leyland, Broxtowe
Florence Arthur, Burton and Uttoxeter, Sub branch chair Horninglow/Stretton
Debra Smith, Broxtowe
Colin Luker, Totnes, Town Councillor
Dorothy Whittaker, Penistone and Upper Don
Sandra Kig, Newton Abbot
Kayleigh Rippingale, Colchester
Carl Rowlands, Labour International
Davis St Marthe, Lewisham Deptford, Bame officer
Susan Colenso, Truro and Falmouth
Rosemary Waterhouse, West Worcestershire
Helen Russell, Mid Worcestershire
Caroline Powls, Finchley and Golders Green
Sophie Cannivady, Lewisham Deptford
Dave Lewney, East Worthing & Shoreham
Beth Cumming, Edinburgh Central
Stirling Smith, Bolton West
Ben Duncan-Duggal, Dulwich and West Norwood
Sandy Critchley, Bethnal Green and Bow
Mark Pearson, Mid Sussex
Claudia Mooney, Hampshire
Norman Traub, Southend West
Christina Downes, Shipley
Annie Heining, Suffolk
Joan Thomas, Dulwich & West Norwood
Marc Gibson, Rushcliffe, Treasurer
John Castleford, Labour International
Heike Herbert, Dartford
Elizabeth Brenda Worrall, Leicester South
Thomas Mcilhatton, Colchester
Peter Flack, Leicester South, Joint Political Education Officer
David Haslam, Mid Worcs, Evesham Branch Chair
Julie Speed, Louth and Horncastle
Sara Luis de Jesus, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Deirdre Krymer, Holborn and St. Pancras
William David Johns, Caerphilly
Mark Krymer, Holborn and St. Pancras
Bernard Forbes, Labour International
Anthony Stapleton, Edmonton
Christopher Lucas, Wirral South
Suzanne Martiny, Hove
Keith Williams, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokehire
Mark Hindmarsh, Brighton Kemp Town
Elizabeth Dresner, Finchley and Golders Green
Ruth Fryer, Canterbury
Mary O’Gorman, Hall Green
Jonathan Clive Cooper, Greenwich and Woolwich, Greenwich Momentum organiser and youth rep
Judith Southern, The Cities of London and Westminster
Nicky Bashall, Colne Valley
Chris Batchelor, Sheffield Hallam
Viv Eden, Ceredigion, Women’s Officer
Jacqueline Rust, Sleaford & North Hykeham
Amanda Kent, Ealing Central & Acton
Clare Bickle, Sherwood
Dorothy van Heeswyk, Streatham
Faraz Choudhry, Heeley, Sheffield
Adrienne Thomas, Brighton and Hove
Enrico Soresini, Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Lizzie Bird, Westmorland & Lonsdale
Ulrike, Hackney South & Shoreditch
Edward Earl, Orpington
Vijay Jackson, Edinburgh Central CLP, Political Education Officer
Matthew Caddis, Bradford East
Jack Nilsen, Leyton & Wanstead
David Powell, Crewe and Nantwich
Rita Holland, North Croydon
Benjamin Eckford, Newcastle upon Tyne North
Margaret Tennent, Camborne, Redruth and Hayle
Linda Lomax, Louth and Horncastle
Paul Forey, Coventry North West
Jill Pack, Hornsey & Wood Green, Branch Secretary
Nick Maggs, Ipswich
Laurence Connell, Nottingham East
Liam Cosgrove, Newcastle East
Hong Luo, York Central, TSSA Delegate
Neil Cameron, Sheffield Central
John Armour, Gedling
Carole Allison, Reading East
Hazel Waters, Lewisham West and Penge
Nicola Quinn, Poplar and Limehouse, Social Media Officer
Carole Leathwood, Eastbourne
Julie Cross, N E Derbyshire
Peter Stolwoode, Preston North
Anthony Richardson, Oxford East


Grenfell, never again?

World events are already far-fetched , and have been for quite some time .
The coronavirus pandemic only further enhanced the surreal quality that had already been fostered by Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US President .
Now there is Boris Johnson in 10 Downing Street , and it feels as if the Prime Minister is trolling us .
After renegotiating the exit terms , then fighting a general election on the slogan “ get Brexit done ” and the promise of an “ oven-ready deal ” , Johnson is set to tell the EU that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is “ contradictory ” and must be rewritten , which was “ unforeseen ” when he agreed to it last year .
Whether the PM is truly willing to walk away from talks or he is bluffing about no deal to make later compromises look good , or some combination of the two , there is an aspect of genuine trolling here : the Tories are frustrated with Keir Starmer ’ s approach .
Although as Shadow Brexit Secretary he eventually joined the ranks of those pushing for a fresh public vote , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goaded into playing “ political parlour games ” – as one Labour official put it – on Brexit .
Neither he nor Rachel Reeves responded to reports over the weekend , but instead Louise Haigh did so , which ensured that their response flew under the radar .
This is not because she isn ’ t an effective communicator , but because the Brexit process so far suggests people in the rest of the UK have limited attention spans when it comes to Northern Ireland .
Starmer hasn ’ t tweeted about Brexit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other bit of shameful yet shameless conduct from the Tories so far this week : their vote on the fire safety bill .
The opposition party tried to amend the legislation , as reported by LabourList on Sunday evening , and compel the government to implement the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry ’ s phase one report , published in October 2019 .
They had pledged to legislate for the recommendations in the 2019 Conservative manifesto .
But without a single exception , Tory MPs voted against the move and Labour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Even the new Kensington MP joined the effort .
Grenfell-style cladding still has not been removed from over 80 % of private sector buildings and nearly 50 % of social sector buildings , government figures show .
Residents are trapped in these homes , either due to a lack of social housing provision or our ridiculous leasehold system , which means there are tens of thousands living in unsafe blocks and many who are scared going to sleep each night .
Shadow minister Sarah Jones said : “ There should be no backsliding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Grenfell can never happen again.
” Yet , horrifyingly , there is little stopping precisely that from taking place .
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World events are already far-fetched, and have been for quite some time. The coronavirus pandemic only further enhanced the surreal quality that had already been fostered by Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US President. Now there is Boris Johnson in 10 Downing Street, and it feels as if the Prime Minister is trolling us. After renegotiating the exit terms, then fighting a general election on the slogan “get Brexit done” and the promise of an “oven-ready deal”, Johnson is set to tell the EU that the withdrawal agreement never made sense. It is “contradictory” and must be rewritten, which was “unforeseen” when he agreed to it last year.
Whether the PM is truly willing to walk away from talks or he is bluffing about no deal to make later compromises look good, or some combination of the two, there is an aspect of genuine trolling here: the Tories are frustrated with Keir Starmer’s approach. Although as Shadow Brexit Secretary he eventually joined the ranks of those pushing for a fresh public vote, the now Labour leader refuses to be goaded into playing “political parlour games” – as one Labour official put it – on Brexit. Neither he nor Rachel Reeves responded to reports over the weekend, but instead Louise Haigh did so, which ensured that their response flew under the radar. This is not because she isn’t an effective communicator, but because the Brexit process so far suggests people in the rest of the UK have limited attention spans when it comes to Northern Ireland.
Starmer hasn’t tweeted about Brexit. He has preferred to talk about the other bit of shameful yet shameless conduct from the Tories so far this week: their vote on the fire safety bill. The opposition party tried to amend the legislation, as reported by LabourList on Sunday evening, and compel the government to implement the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s phase one report, published in October 2019. They had pledged to legislate for the recommendations in the 2019 Conservative manifesto. But without a single exception, Tory MPs voted against the move and Labour’s proposal was decisively rejected. Even the new Kensington MP joined the effort.
Grenfell-style cladding still has not been removed from over 80% of private sector buildings and nearly 50% of social sector buildings, government figures show. Residents are trapped in these homes, either due to a lack of social housing provision or our ridiculous leasehold system, which means there are tens of thousands living in unsafe blocks and many who are scared going to sleep each night. Shadow minister Sarah Jones said: “There should be no backsliding on a commitment that a fire like Grenfell can never happen again.” Yet, horrifyingly, there is little stopping precisely that from taking place. Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning.


labourlist--2020-09-08--Exclusive: Labour’s Jim McMahon criticises “whack-a-mole” Covid approach

Labour ’ s Shadow Transport Secretary Jim McMahon has criticised the “ whack-a-mole ” approach taken by Boris Johnson to the coronavirus crisis and specifically the government ’ s failure to roll out airport testing .
In an interview with LabourList on Monday evening , the shadow cabinet member set out his analysis of why the government has continued to use the “ blunt tool ” of 14-day quarantines after travel to certain countries .
McMahon said : “ Boris Johnson himself has articulated the reason for the strategy : when he talks about ‘ whack-a-mole ’ , he really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mole to pop up , you whack it , and quite often you miss it.
” Speaking at a coronavirus press briefing in May , and again in later interviews , the Prime Minister described his own Covid-19 strategy of managing local lockdowns as one comparable to the game “ whack-a-mole ” .
Labour is pushing for a change to the quarantine policy and recommending a “ mutual test support ” system whereby people could be tested four days from departure in a travel corridor country .
Their test on arrival in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It has been reported that many British holidaymakers are ignoring the quarantine rules , which are enforced for particular countries at short notice , and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has himself described the system as “ confusing ” .
Commenting on the government ’ s handling of international travel over the summer , McMahon told LabourList : “ They know that aviation is heavily seasonal .
That summer period is really important for the travel industry and aviation , and that ’ s where they make their profit for the rest of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t have that summer season , you ’ re really going to struggle to be able to get the money and get the support for winter and into the new year .
The government knew that .
But when they were asked to provide a sector deal… they said ‘ we don ’ t need to do that ’ .
” McMahon suggested that the behaviour of British Airways and easyJet , which have cut staff , “ could have have been dealt with ” if the government had said “ you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ penny of taxpayers ’ money if you don ’ t look after the welfare of your staff ” .
Unite , the TUC and other other aviation unions are calling for a package of measures to support the aviation industry , including extension of furlough , suspension of air passenger duty and business rate relief for airports .
Asked whether Labour backs these proposals , McMahon said : “ Yes .
We ’ ve been very clear that the furlough scheme needs to be extended .
We back the calls from the trade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” On the view of activists who would prefer Labour to be advocating a transition towards green industries , the Shadow Transport Secretary replied that “ there is a tension ” and the climate emergency is “ not something you can put on the back burner ” .
But McMahon added : “ The point I would make , and I say this with absolute respect , is that the Labour Party is the party of working people .
If we are not the voice when people are faced with redundancy , then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t deserve the support of working people .
“ We have to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the workers who are faced with redundancy because of the mishandling of this crisis by this government .
I say that for the workers but also for how we transition to a green economy .
“ My view is that the best way to do that is from a position of strength .
An aviation sector that is sustainable , but also where we allow it to be financially sustainable in the medium- and long-term.
” On his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Starmer in April , McMahon said : “ I ’ m not somebody that you would see on the TV all the time .
I ’ m the kind of geekier person that gets to the data , likes research , likes exposing where the government has maybe got its eye off the ball.
” He told LabourList that he was keen to move away from local government because he had been a councillor for 13 years , also leader of the Local Government Association Labour group , and wanted to try a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was looking for someone who would “ bring a very nerdy approach to transport ” , the new shadow cabinet member replied : “ I ’ m not sure if he was looking for it but he certainly got it.
” On Starmer ’ s leadership style , he said : “ Keir is a person that has real attention to detail .
You can counter him to Boris Johnson , who has no work ethic at all , is a part-time Prime Minister , who barely turns up , who doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until weeks afterwards .
“ Then you ’ ve got Keir , who I think is really in tune with where the public are .
More than just articulating people ’ s concerns , he ’ s really in on the detail , and I think Boris stumbles because of it.
” Below is the full interview with Jim McMahon MP .

Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary Jim McMahon has criticised the “whack-a-mole” approach taken by Boris Johnson to the coronavirus crisis and specifically the government’s failure to roll out airport testing.
In an interview with LabourList on Monday evening, the shadow cabinet member set out his analysis of why the government has continued to use the “blunt tool” of 14-day quarantines after travel to certain countries.
McMahon said: “Boris Johnson himself has articulated the reason for the strategy: when he talks about ‘whack-a-mole’, he really means it. You wait for the mole to pop up, you whack it, and quite often you miss it.”
Speaking at a coronavirus press briefing in May, and again in later interviews, the Prime Minister described his own Covid-19 strategy of managing local lockdowns as one comparable to the game “whack-a-mole”.
Labour is pushing for a change to the quarantine policy and recommending a “mutual test support” system whereby people could be tested four days from departure in a travel corridor country. Their test on arrival in the UK would be “more robust”.
It has been reported that many British holidaymakers are ignoring the quarantine rules, which are enforced for particular countries at short notice, and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has himself described the system as “confusing”.
Commenting on the government’s handling of international travel over the summer, McMahon told LabourList: “They know that aviation is heavily seasonal. That summer period is really important for the travel industry and aviation, and that’s where they make their profit for the rest of the year.
“If you don’t have that summer season, you’re really going to struggle to be able to get the money and get the support for winter and into the new year. The government knew that. But when they were asked to provide a sector deal… they said ‘we don’t need to do that’.”
McMahon suggested that the behaviour of British Airways and easyJet, which have cut staff, “could have have been dealt with” if the government had said “you’re not going to get a penny of taxpayers’ money if you don’t look after the welfare of your staff”.
Unite, the TUC and other other aviation unions are calling for a package of measures to support the aviation industry, including extension of furlough, suspension of air passenger duty and business rate relief for airports.
Asked whether Labour backs these proposals, McMahon said: “Yes. We’ve been very clear that the furlough scheme needs to be extended. We back the calls from the trade unions to see that extended until March.”
On the view of activists who would prefer Labour to be advocating a transition towards green industries, the Shadow Transport Secretary replied that “there is a tension” and the climate emergency is “not something you can put on the back burner”.
But McMahon added: “The point I would make, and I say this with absolute respect, is that the Labour Party is the party of working people. If we are not the voice when people are faced with redundancy, then, quite frankly, we don’t deserve the support of working people.
“We have to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the workers who are faced with redundancy because of the mishandling of this crisis by this government. I say that for the workers but also for how we transition to a green economy.
“My view is that the best way to do that is from a position of strength. An aviation sector that is sustainable, but also where we allow it to be financially sustainable in the medium- and long-term.”
On his appointment to the shadow cabinet by Keir Starmer in April, McMahon said: “I’m not somebody that you would see on the TV all the time. I’m the kind of geekier person that gets to the data, likes research, likes exposing where the government has maybe got its eye off the ball.”
He told LabourList that he was keen to move away from local government because he had been a councillor for 13 years, also leader of the Local Government Association Labour group, and wanted to try a different policy area.
Asked whether Starmer was looking for someone who would “bring a very nerdy approach to transport”, the new shadow cabinet member replied: “I’m not sure if he was looking for it but he certainly got it.”
On Starmer’s leadership style, he said: “Keir is a person that has real attention to detail. You can counter him to Boris Johnson, who has no work ethic at all, is a part-time Prime Minister, who barely turns up, who doesn’t understand there’s a crisis until weeks afterwards.
“Then you’ve got Keir, who I think is really in tune with where the public are. More than just articulating people’s concerns, he’s really in on the detail, and I think Boris stumbles because of it.”
Below is the full interview with Jim McMahon MP.


labourlist--2020-09-08--Government ignored BAME parents’ concerns about June schools reopening

Information obtained by trade union GMB has found that the government ignored BAME parents ’ concerns when it pushed ahead with plans for a ‘ phased reopening ’ of schools in June .
Following a freedom of information request to the Cabinet Office , the union uncovered previously unpublished research carried out in April by YouGov on whether parents would be prepared to send their children back into schools .
The government-commissioned study showed that 42 % of BAME parents had said they would not send their child back .
Parents on lower incomes were also much less likely to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
GMB secretary for public services Rehana Azam described it as “ outrageous ” that ministers had continued with their “ flawed ” reopening plans after research had shown the “ fear and anxiety ” felt by communities worst hit by Covid-19 .
She said : “ They say that the virus does not discriminate , but it is clear that society does – and once again , BAME voices have been marginalised .
It should not have taken a freedom of information request to bring this evidence into the public domain .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ fully engage with the unions , monitor the return to school carefully , fix the failing track and trace system , and be clear with the public about any new concerns that arise in the days and weeks ahead.
” At the time of the poll , the scientific advisory group for emergencies reported that 45 % of parents “ definitely would ” or “ probably would ” send children back if social distancing guidelines were back .
The British Polling Council , of which YouGov is a member sets out in its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have “ entered the public domain ” , the full results must be published within two working days .
The Cabinet Office instead refused to publish the full survey on the grounds that “ disclosure would weaken ministers ’ ability to discuss controversial and sensitive topics free from premature public scrutiny ” .
The government had to abandon its June 1st deadline for partial reopening of schools after government figures showed that just 52 % of schools opened with only 25 % of children eligible returning .
Azam said : “ Education unions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not ready to return , and that important issues including provision of personal protective equipment had not been resolved .
“ Dozens of school support staff workers have lost their lives , and it is crucial as schools return that their voices are listened to.
” Schools reopened earlier this month , after the government reversed its position on the use of face masks in the educational settings .
Children above the age of seven are now advised to wear a covering in school corridors .
A number of Covid outbreaks have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to class last week , including at a school in Castle Rock that was visited by the Prime Minister just two weeks ago .
GMB will give evidence to the all-party parliamentary group on coronavirus later today , which has recently put out a call for evidence to hear from those affected by the pandemic and make recommendations to the government .

Information obtained by trade union GMB has found that the government ignored BAME parents’ concerns when it pushed ahead with plans for a ‘phased reopening’ of schools in June.
Following a freedom of information request to the Cabinet Office, the union uncovered previously unpublished research carried out in April by YouGov on whether parents would be prepared to send their children back into schools.
The government-commissioned study showed that 42% of BAME parents had said they would not send their child back. Parents on lower incomes were also much less likely to do so than others at 40%.
GMB secretary for public services Rehana Azam described it as “outrageous” that ministers had continued with their “flawed” reopening plans after research had shown the “fear and anxiety” felt by communities worst hit by Covid-19.
She said: “They say that the virus does not discriminate, but it is clear that society does – and once again, BAME voices have been marginalised. It should not have taken a freedom of information request to bring this evidence into the public domain.
“GMB calls on the government to fully engage with the unions, monitor the return to school carefully, fix the failing track and trace system, and be clear with the public about any new concerns that arise in the days and weeks ahead.”
At the time of the poll, the scientific advisory group for emergencies reported that 45% of parents “definitely would” or “probably would” send children back if social distancing guidelines were back.
The British Polling Council, of which YouGov is a member sets out in its rules that once findings from a survey have “entered the public domain”, the full results must be published within two working days.
The Cabinet Office instead refused to publish the full survey on the grounds that “disclosure would weaken ministers’ ability to discuss controversial and sensitive topics free from premature public scrutiny”.
The government had to abandon its June 1st deadline for partial reopening of schools after government figures showed that just 52% of schools opened with only 25% of children eligible returning.
Azam said: “Education unions including GMB warned repeatedly that schools were not ready to return, and that important issues including provision of personal protective equipment had not been resolved.
“Dozens of school support staff workers have lost their lives, and it is crucial as schools return that their voices are listened to.”
Schools reopened earlier this month, after the government reversed its position on the use of face masks in the educational settings. Children above the age of seven are now advised to wear a covering in school corridors.
A number of Covid outbreaks have been reported in schools since young people returned to class last week, including at a school in Castle Rock that was visited by the Prime Minister just two weeks ago.
GMB will give evidence to the all-party parliamentary group on coronavirus later today, which has recently put out a call for evidence to hear from those affected by the pandemic and make recommendations to the government.