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“The Labour Party Is Under New Management” LABOUR EAST1 THE PATH TO POWER Issue 1 2020 “The Labour Party is under new management” THE PATH TOAugust POWER 2020 THE PATH TO POWER RUNS THROUGH THE EAST OF ENGLAND BY LABOUR LEADER KEIR STARMER It was the privilege of my life to be elected leader of the Labour Party in April. It came at a moment like no other in our lifetime. This pandemic has highlighted the desperate fragility of the state’s safety net: from our chronically underfunded NHS and care service, to our neglected social security system and the lack of protection for the self-employed and small businesses. These are just some of the many issues facing our country, issues I am determined the next Labour government will fix. But to do that, we have to win. And to win, we must first earn the right to be heard. Because the harsh truth is that across the East of England, as in many other parts of the country, too many voters feel that for too long Labour hasn’t been listening to them and, as a result, hasn’t been speaking for them. My job, as leader, is to rebuild trust in our party as a force for change. That is why I’ve been hosting a number of listening events with voters we have lost in seats we need to win – including many in the East of England. It is only by understanding the root causes to our four successive election defeats that we can finally begin the process of rebuilding, to put Labour back on the path to power and help deliver the vital change that our country desperately needs. I look forward to meeting with as many of you as possible as soon as circumstances allow. But in the meantime, keep safe and well, and look out for one another. EASTERN REGION & trade union politics 06461 Published by the Communication Workers Union 2020 4 THE IMPORTANCE OF STRONG ORGANISATION ANGELA RAYNER DEPUTY LEADER OF THE LABOUR PARTY When Keir and I were elected by change and to help the most vulnerable. hundreds of thousands of Labour To do that, we need to win. members, we made a commitment to As Deputy Leader and Chair of the do whatever it took to win the next Labour Party, it is my responsibility to election. make sure that we have an election We have seen the trail of destruction winning machine ready to take the fight that the Tories have left behind in to the Tories. the wake of austerity. We have seen The Labour Party faces an enormous the impact this has on the lives and challenge over the next four years if livelihoods of people up and down the we are to win in seats right across the country. East of England and form the next Without power, Labour is a protest government. But, make no mistake, it is group. I got in to politics to deliver a challenge we will meet together. 5 WELCOME TO THE EASTERN REGION HOLLIE RIDLEY - REGIONAL DIRECTOR I hope that this magazine finds you Crime Commissioners, County Councils safe and well. and Districts all up for election. We are living through unprecedented Throughout this magazine, which we times with a public health crisis hope you enjoy, you’ll find some useful and economic crisis likely to send tips on running your campaigns but as shockwaves through communities right always, your regional team are on hand across the East. to help in any way we can. It is in such times that the Labour The journey to forming the next Labour movement always steps up and we have government is a long one but it runs been overwhelmed by the response of right through the East of England. Party members and colleagues in the Make no mistake, we have our work cut Trade Union movement in response to out but I know that we are up to the these enormous challenges. challenge and I look forward to working Next May we face a set of local elections with you to put Keir Starmer in to 10 unlike any other in the East of England. Downing Street. We have Metro Mayors, Police and 6 LEARNING LESSONS: WHY WE MUST LISTEN TO VOTERS VAUGHAN WEST - CHAIR OF EASTERN REGIONAL BOARD December’s General Election was a constituents felt that we had stopped hammer blow for the Labour Party. listening. We lost dozens of hardworking For years, they had been trying to tell Labour MPs across the country and us. Now, we have to listen. We have now have an 80 seat Tory majority at to take their message on board and a time of national crisis. change. As we look to rebuild, we have to ask I am confident that under the ourselves some tough questions. leadership of Keir and Angela, and Why did communities right across the through our unique link with the trade country feel like the Labour Party no union movement, we will listen and we longer represents them and, more will change. importantly, how do we win them back? The Labour East Regional Executive When the Labour Party speaks directly Committee stands ready to play our to people’s every day lives, we win. The part in delivering a Labour Government Peterborough by-election, last year, is a in 2024. perfect example of that. But by the time of the General Election too many of our 7 cajoling and scrutinising ministers and LABOUR IN their departments. More intensive but not so different from our work in pre- PARLIAMENT COVID times. However, in Parliament, a lot of things have changed. CLIVE LEWIS For the last couple of months, another MP NORWICH SOUTH MP has voted by proxy for me in the House of Commons chamber. That’s because as, a black person, I’m in a COVID-vulnerable category. I’m still able to participate in questions via video link, but the government excludes MPs in my position from debates. So while I’ve still been able to get some important constituency This government’s response to this and national topics discussed, the time pandemic has been bungled, partial available to raise issues in the chamber and incoherent. has been vastly reduced. MPs’ offices have had to work extremely hard to get wrongs righted for local people and employers by continually LABOUR MUST BE THE VOICE OF THE SELF-EMPLOYED By Kate Dearden - Community Union Community union are a proud champion they have not qualified for help from the of the five million strong self-employed government’s Self-Employment Income and freelance community across the UK. Support Scheme and are suffering real financial hardship as a result. They feel like For many people, self-employment is the the forgotten self-employed. answer to finding a good work-life balance. It can be extremely rewarding, but it can We’re continuing to call on the Chancellor also mean longer hours, less pay and more to extend the scheme to those currently worry about your finances. We’re a trade missing out such as the newly self- union that’s here to help and support self- employed, those who earn less than 50% employed workers. of their income from self-employment, and those who are directors of limited During the pandemic, the self-employed companies. We’re also calling for kick start community have been hit particularly hard. loans for the self-employed to help our According to the Resolution Foundation economic recovery. almost half of self-employed people have lost work, whether for economic reasons Too many people are in devastating (such as a lack of demand and lockdown circumstances and there should be no restrictions) or health or caring reasons further delay to getting them the help they (including self-isolation, shielding, and need. childcare). Many of our members have told us that THE PATH TO POWER 8 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON THE FRONT LINE JUDI BILLING - LEADER OF HERTS COUNTY LABOUR GROUP Labour Local Government in the to wipe out our full areas of control in Eastern Region is faced with the Cambridge, Norwich, Stevenage, Harlow biggest set of elections ever in May and Ipswich, and shared control in 2021. North Herts, Colchester and Southend, by attempting to impose enormous All the elections that should have Unitary authorities in the middle of a been fought in 2020 will be held pandemic and without any real public with the County Council elections in consultation. Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. I’m hoping In Luton the government is happy to that this will lead to a massive effort starve a council in massive difficulty BUCKING THE TREND - HOW BEDFORD with huge teams fighting to win for because of lost income and BAME lives Labour in all the areas where the Tory blighted by disproportionate numbers BEAT THE ODDS Government and its Shire Counties are of COVID-19 infections. making crude and incompetent grabs We cannot allow any of this to happen for total power. in our region and will fight all elections It is absolutely clear that the Cummings/ to win and restore whatever fairness we Johnson government will do all it can can to our local communities. JOIN THE LABOUR EAST CAMPAIGN CLUB TODAY! SUPPORT OUR CAMPAIGNS AND BE ENTERED INTO A MONTHLY PRIZE DRAW “I joined the campaign club to support the work towards a Labour Government. I was blown away when I received the call to tell me I had won £2,500. I am going to spend it on a new garden shed that I have wanted for a long time.
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