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Labour Party Conference

  • 9 Oct 2012
    Playing party politics with welfare

    With 'the big three' parties all singing from the same austerity hymn sheet and promising cuts in social security that differ mainly in degree, says Simon Barrow, it is surely the most vulnerable in society who are set to be the biggest losers from the conference season political jamborees.

  • 17 Oct 2010
    The big parties' conference Pas de Trois

    Party conferences, at least for the 'big three', have become an elaborate ritual for the faithful, says Simon Barrow. But their well-spun manoeuvres have little to do with the 'new politics', let alone the harsh word of the Comprehensive Spending Review.

  • 28 Sep 2010
    Iraq war was wrong, new Labour leader says

    In his first keynote party conference speech, Labour's new leader, Ed Miliband, said that Tony Blair's government was “wrong” to invade Iraq.

  • 27 Sep 2010
    Labour's new leader commends Christian Socialists

    Labour's new leader, Ed Miliband, has praised the work of Christian Socialist Movement, one of the party's recognised affiliated bodies.

  • 14 Sep 2010
    Christian Socialist Movement to celebrate fiftieth anniversary at Labour conference

    The Christian Socialist Movement (CSM) is to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary with a series of events at the Labour Party Conference.