Labour in power must remember who it represents
IAN LAVERY MP looks at the first months of Labour government and warns a new approach is needed if it is to reshape Britain
LIVERPOOL hosts Labour’s first conference as a party of government since 2009.
Despite many positive steps taken by the party in its first few weeks, the press cycle has been dominated by far-right violence, the scrapping of the winter fuel allowance and ongoing briefings against Labour’s top team from within.
Conference offers an opportunity to reset the narrative close the door on a decade and a half of failure and offer a concrete vision of the much-needed change that the party was elected on.
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