Daniel Green

Brighton

Journalist at LabourList

'First rate' Lobby journalist at @LabourList, formerly @brightonargus. Got a story? DM me or email [email protected]

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Articles

The meme elections: Labour's social media pivot to take fight to Farage

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

Labour is embracing the use of memes in its attacks on Nigel Farage and Reform UK ahead of the local elections. Among the party’s social media “shareables” are a range of different memes mocking the Reform UK leader or conveying the message that Reform would “privatise the NHS”.
Usdaw elects first-ever female general secretary unopposed

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

Retail trade union Usdaw has elected Joanne Thomas as their first-ever female general secretary. Thomas, who was the union’s regional secretary for the North East, was elected unopposed as the successor to Paddy Lillis, who retires on July 25. A lifelong trade unionist, Thomas started as a workplace rep for for the Labour affiliated union while working at the wholesaler makro. She was later employed by Usdaw as an area organiser in Newcastle and then regional secretary for the North East.
Former NEC member quits party and vows to remove Labour from power

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

Former member of Labour’s national executive committee Mish Rahman has resigned from the party and said he will work to “remove this party from power at every opportunity”. In a letter shared on social media, Rahman described Labour as being “as repugnant as the Tories and Reform – indifferent to suffering, complicit in injustice, devoid of integrity”. Rahman, who was backed by the Momentum-backed Centre Left Grassroots Alliance last year, narrowly lost re-election to the NEC.
Watch live: MPs return to Westminster for emergency vote to save British Steel

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

Labour MPs from across the country have returned to Westminster for an emergency vote in Parliament on the future of British Steel. The government aims to save blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, the last of their kind in the country, from closure with plans to bring the firm into public hands. Jingye, the Chinese owners of British Steel, have said the site is not financial sustainable, with fears that the furnaces could close within days without intervention.
New MP in spat with NEC member over planning reforms and 'harm to nature'

2 weeks ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

A Labour MP has sparked a row on social media after outlining his plans to propose an amendment to the government’s planning reform to protect “irreversible harm to nature”, as well as urging a “left alternative” of more council housebuilding. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill aims to reduce environmental red tape and compliance costs to speed up and streamline the delivery of new homes and infrastructure.
West of England mayor race: Helen Godwin on her fight with Tories and 'new chapter' for region

2 weeks ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

With the local elections campaign well underway, attention is turning to a string of key combined authority mayoral contests across England. I went to visit Bristol in the West of England region, one of two posts being defended by Labour, to get a sense of the mood on the doorstep and among activists. Helen Godwin is fighting to defend the mayoralty for Labour, as current mayor and MP Dan Norris leaves his post following Labour rule changes about politicians holding dual roles.
Spring Statement and welfare reforms ‘will lose votes’, Labour members say – as poll shows most back a wealth tax - LabourList

3 weeks ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

The vast majority of Labour members expect the government’s Spring Statement and welfare reforms will cause the party to lose public support, according to exclusive polling by Survation for LabourList which also found high support for a wealth tax. Around 80% of readers polled thought that the two measures would dent Labour’s support among voters, just weeks ahead of local council and mayoral elections across parts of England.
LabourList-Survation poll: Reeves sees approval plummet among Labour members after Spring Statement

3 weeks ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

Rachel Reeves has seen an almost 30 percentage point drop in her favourability among Labour members since the Spring Statement, exclusive polling by Survation for LabourList has revealed. While all of the cabinet saw a drop in their favourability following the Chancellor’s address to the House of Commons last week, with an average decline of around 15 percentage points, Reeves saw her favourability plummet from -11 earlier in March to -41 after the Spring Statement.
Survation poll: Labour members expect Reform victory in Runcorn by-election

3 weeks ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

More than half of LabourList readers expect Labour to lose the Runcorn and Helsby by-election and anticipate the party will lose a “significant number of seats” at the local elections, exclusive polling by Survation for LabourList has revealed. Around 53% of those surveyed believe Reform UK candidate Sarah Pochin will win the first Westminster by-election of the parliament, taking place on May 1.
Scottish Parliament elections 2026: Full list of Labour candidates for Holyrood

3 weeks ago | labourlist.org | Daniel Green

Selection for Labour’s candidates for next year’s Scottish Parliament elections is well underway, with almost a dozen chosen so far for Holyrood constituencies. Scottish Labour has so far picked a selection of current MSPs and Scottish councillors to stand in constituencies across the country in 2026, from Na h-Eileanan Iar to Kirkcaldy. Labour’s selections are being based on the proposed new constituency boundaries, which are due to be approved by May in time for next year’s election.