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Supreme Court defines a woman: Verdict stokes Labour tensions on trans rights

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Luke O'Reilly |Tom Belger

The Supreme Court has ruled that the term sex refers to biological women in the Equality Act, in a verdict set to reignite deep Labour divides over trans rights. At the heart of the case was a decision by the Scottish government, then led by the SNP, to count trans-women with gender recognition certificates as women as part of legislation to establish gender quotas for public boards.
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”.
'Still tangled? Rowenna Davis and the evolution of Blue Labour'

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Morgan Jones

Rowenna Davis is one of two names on the shortlist to be Labour’s candidate for mayor of Croydon, the other being Davis’ fellow councillor Manju Shahul-Hameed. The town has only had a directly elected mayor since 2022; the incumbent is the Conservative Jason Perry, who will be up again next May. Labour members are choosing who they want to stand, with voting closing on Monday, April 14th – that is, likely a few hours after you are reading this.
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.
'To defeat Reform, Labour must re-root itself into its working class base'

1 week ago | labourlist.org | Brendan Chilton |John Mills

Note: Between this article being produced and its publication, one of the co-authors, John Mills, sadly passed away. Labour Future will continue to operate. The LabourList team would like to send our condolences to his friends and family, and pay tribute to his support for Labour over a lifetime and more recent support for LabourList. An obituary will be published soon on the Labour Future website.
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.
Revealed: Labour delays discipline and campaign rule shakeup as MPs rebel

2 weeks ago | labourlist.org | Tom Belger |Luke O'Reilly

Labour has delayed a shakeup of its rulebook for MPs after being accused of trying to “bum rush” controversial changes, including threatened sanctions for not campaigning enough. LabourList can also reveal the proposed reforms would reduce MPs’ opportunities to make their case in disciplinary cases, and empower the chief whip to both refer cases to the party to investigate and suspend MPs facing such party probes.