Blue Labour
@blue_labour
Labour's radical tradition.
Our statement on the grooming gangs. Blue Labour supports the call for a national inquiry into the grooming and rape gangs. For many of us in Blue Labour, the left’s inability to face up to the awful reality of the organised grooming and rape of young girls by men of mostly…
LGG—led by @TomHayesBmouth and supported by @RedWallGroup & @blue_labour—secured government backing for targeted investment in Britain’s public realm. Parks, piers, playgrounds. Cleaner streets. Thriving towns. A downpayment on national renewal. 📄 Read the letter
Labour's new version of 'levelling up' will see up to 350 neighbourhoods get funding for youth centres, libraries etc Idea is to undo the most visible impacts of the austerity era MPs champing at the bit to show govt making an impact Story @theipaper: inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
Pleased to see our friends @LabourGrowth starting a conversation about the future direction of the country. We agree that Britain stands at a crossroads, and their essay is worth a read. newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
Maurice Glasman speaks about Blue Labour, this government, and much more on the Politico podcast. Well worth a listen (just ignore the title). podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/can…
Delighted to have worked with others across the party to push for this investment. Creating local places people can be proud of and fixing the damage the Tories did to our public realm.
LGG—led by @TomHayesBmouth and supported by @RedWallGroup & @blue_labour—secured government backing for targeted investment in Britain’s public realm. Parks, piers, playgrounds. Cleaner streets. Thriving towns. A downpayment on national renewal. 📄 Read the letter
Blue Labour welcomes today’s announcement that there will be a full national inquiry into the grooming and rape gangs. It is the right thing to do and must leave no stone unturned.
Casey to call for new national inquiry into grooming gangs thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…
@blue_labour: pride in the work we do, the people we love, and the places to which we belong. A rejection of the Thatcherite view that 'there is no such thing as society.' @Jonathan_Hinder, @dsnorthnorth and I 👇