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The diminishing influence of the left in the Labour party

Two letters in the Guardian in support of Left Unity Read more »


All video from Left Unity conference

Left Unity’s conference on Saturday was recorded… here you can see all the debates as they happened. Read more »


A raft of solid left wing policy – conference report

Tom Walker looks at the policies passed at Left Unity conference. Read more »


Labour must watch its left flank in months to come – new party Left Unity is on the move

Left Unity, the new party founded in November with the support of Ken Loach, held its first national conference in Manchester this weekend. This article by Salman Shaheen first appeared at the New Statesman. Read more »


Video: Salman Shaheen on BBC Daily Politics

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Labour has betrayed its supporters by voting for the welfare cap

Salman Shaheen writes… The Tory austerity drive – bound up as it is in the barefaced lie that Britain was brought low in 2008 by benefit scroungers and not reckless bankers – was never about fixing the economy, it is about shrinking the state. As such, it was hardly surprising to see Cameron’s Etonian class […] Read more »


Conference livestream

The livestream of our 29 March 2014 conference has now finished. Click here for the recorded video of the whole conference. Read more »


A budget for UKIP not ‘hardworking people’

Michael Roberts examines  the budget and its real purpose The British government’s annual budget for the fiscal year beginning in April 2014 was a budget for potential UKIP voters.  The UK Independence party is riding high in the polls and likely to take huge votes away from the main parties in the upcoming Euro elections […] Read more »


Tributes to Bob Crow

“The news of Bob Crow’s death is devastating to all those who knew him, and millions who didn’t. He was a warrior for the working class. He was a man of substance and principle, deeply rooted in the values that underpin the trade union movement. Attacked by the right wing media, he never wavered, always […] Read more »


I recently quit the Labour Party…

by Karen Michael, Norwich Left Unity I recently quit the Labour Party. I live in Norfolk. I left shortly after Labour assumed overall control of the Norfolk County Council. I have joined Left Unity. I was committed to the Labour Party: I had put myself forward to be a prospective Labour parliamentarian for the Norwich […] Read more »



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