15 Mar 2012
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
Labour, which resisted such calls while it was in power, has backed renewed demands by pressure groups for a watershed. The move follows research by Newcastle University, which suggests that previous ...
Abbott, Labour's public health spokeswoman, said: "Children should be protected from junk ...
02 Feb 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
The Labour Party is considering promoting its head of media to a newly created top comms role, in a..., director of comms Tom Baldwin.
However, a Labour press officer insisted that the recruitment process had not yet begun.
The suggestions follow a troubled year for the Labour comms operation, which began with Labour leader Miliband sinking below Nick Clegg in the opinion polls, and Baldwin having to reject ...
26 Jan 2012
| by John Woodcock
Changing the emphasis of your political message - as Labour has done on the economy - requires a...chancellor similarly determined to get the message to the public that a future Labour government ...
message, we have to keep repeating it and be confident that it is right.
Labour s opponents are desperate to convince people that Labour cannot credibly argue against a flawed approach while looking ahead ...
12 Jan 2012
| by John Woodcock
by his Government. For Labour, getting a hearing for Miliband's speech on delivering fairness in tough ...
about Bob Holness ended up as The Sun splash. Miliband's message was simple: a future Labour government ...
on that is central to Labour's drive to regain the public's trust on the economy after the last general election ...
20 Dec 2011
| by David Singleton
Labour MP, Paul Flynn, as self-serving drivel .
Flynn, who is a longstanding critic of commercial ...
17 Nov 2011
| by David Singleton
The Labour Party is stepping up its 'out of touch' attack on the Conservative Party, with 18 senior...An analysis of Labour s recent press releases underlines the extent to which the line has been utilised in recent weeks. Since 9 November, Labour has issued 52 press releases to the media, of which 28 have quoted a shadow cabinet member or shadow minister describing the Government as out of touch ...
06 Oct 2011
| by George Eustice
materialised.
The Labour Party has traditionally taken the view that the leader's speech should be early ...
with stories about how the big speech backfired. The Labour conference was a car crash this year ...
never understood why Labour sticks with its current formula.
George Eustice is Conservative MP ...
26 Sep 2011
| by David Singleton
The Labour Party is putting social media at the heart of a new campaign to present Labour as 'the...in England and Wales. Labour claims 152,000 workers could see their pay take a nosedive as a consequence ...
was expected to tell this week s Labour Party conference today: Labour has always been the party of jobs, growth and fairness in the countryside . This is just the beginning of Labour s fightback in rural areas ...
15 Sep 2011
| by John Tylee
Cuddling up to the creative industries isn't exactly a new phenomenon in Labour Party circles ...
as the ad industry is concerned, glasnost with Labour never fully materialised. This was partly because ...
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Ad industry insiders suspect Labour is reaching out to the creative industries because of their left ...
15 Sep 2011
| by John Woodcock
the traditional left-leaning Labour several times over.
So as conference season is about to start, expect ...
alike.
Under his leadership, Labour is determined to plant a flag on the centre ground of British ...
Woodcock is Labour MP for Barrow and Furness, and a former spokesman for ex-prime minister Gordon Brown. ...