Campaign news

LRC guidance on Partnership into Power review

A review of the Labour Party policy making process was launched at party annual conference this year and a report will be presented to Annual Conference 2011. [continue...]

LRC statement on Free Education and 9/12 demo

The LRC condemns the Coalition government for voting through the trebling of tuition fees, for abolishing the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and the 80% cut in central teaching grant to Higher Education institutions. [continue...]

The Cuts - the impact on older people, by NPC

We are all affected by public spending cuts, whether as workers or in the services being cut from our communities. It is this government’s intention to make ordinary people pay the price for an economic crisis which they did not cause. [continue...]

LRC voices as Parliament votes to trebles university fees

On Thursday 9 December Parliament voted to treble university tuition fees. Outside 30,000 students and their supporters protested for free education. Below is how LRC members, in Parliament and in Parliament Square, reacted.
John McDonnell MP spoke at the demo at Malet Street, before tweeting from inside the Commons:  [continue...]

Labour MPs should join the students’ demonstrations and back the occupations

MPs will vote tomorrow (Thu 9 Dec) on whether to increase university tuition fees up to as much as £9,000 per year. LRC members and affiliates will be joining students on the streets in a final attempt to pressure MPs to vote against these plans. [continue...]

The Cuts - the impact on disabled people, by DPAC

We are all affected by public spending cuts, whether as workers or in the services being cut from our communities. It is this government’s intention to make ordinary people pay the price for an economic crisis which they did not cause. [continue...]

Support the students - Days of Action and Occupations

Students across the country have been occupying their universities and taking part in national days of action against the cuts and against fees. MPs will vote on the fee increase on Thursday 9 December, and there will be another day of action in London. Join the Facebook group. More details soon, but start mobilising, organising, and publicising NOW! [continue...]

Support the Open Letter on Housing

We believe current Government proposals are not fair or just. Cuts to Housing Benefit, replacing future secure and assured tenancies with time limited short hold tenancies and up to 80% of market rents, are an unfair and ill-conceived threat to tenants and would be a disaster for communities. [continue...]

LRC welcomes x:talk report on Sex Work and Trafficking

The LRC has welcomed the report launched this month by the x:talk project ‘Human Rights, Sex Work and the Challenge of Trafficking: Human rights impact assessment of anti-trafficking policy in the UK’. Download a copy of the report. [continue...]

Make Labour a racist-free zone

It is time for Labour to make clear that someone prepared to, as the election court heard, “stir up racial tensions”  in their campaigning is not fit to hold high office and not welcome in our Party. [continue...]

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