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Corbyn sets out opposition to immigration controls
Jeremy Corbyn has made further comments in support of immigration, in particular support for refugees, contrasting those in the party who want to end freedom of movement after Brexit. In a speech at...
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Corbyn is right: Migrants don’t drive down wages
In his recent speech to Labour Party conference Jeremy Corbyn said, “It isn’t migrants that drive down wages, it’s exploitative employers and the politicians who deregulate the labour market and rip up...
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A left approach to Brexit
Paul Mason and Chuka Umunna would normally be expected to come up with radically different proposals with regard to Labour’s policies, yet they are putting forward more or less the same solutions to...
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The “right to free movement”
The British Empire was a source of large-scale migrations to satisfy labour markets. There have been recent signs of a change of tone in the Labour leadership on the question of freedom of movement....
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Win for Labour as rise in immigration tribunal fees scrapped
Labour celebrated an important victory on Friday, as the Conservative government took another U-turn by scrapping their proposal to increase immigration tribunal fees by up to 500%. This comes after...
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Free movement: Labour’s great non-debate
Free movement and the left: facing in different directions Nothing illustrates better the ideological and policy differences at all levels of the Labour Party than the contradictory opinions being...
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Trump exempts British citizens from “Muslim ban” after pressure from UK
Donald Trump conceded ground to opposition last night by exempting British dual citizens from his Executive Order, dubbed by many as a ‘Muslim ban’, which prohibits any entry to the United States from...
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What’s in the NPF draft policy statements?
According to the Labour Party Rulebook: “Party conference shall decide from time to time what specific proposals of legislative, financial or administrative reform shall be included in the Party...
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A Spectacular Own Goal?
A new group called the Labour Campaign for Free Movement has been launched. It says that thousands have already signed up to its campaign statement. It is also clearly hoping that the model resolution...
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Socialism and immigration – a reply to Don Flynn
Don Flynn claims that I argued “that support for the right of migrants to freedom of movement is the same as support for the free movement of capital”. Readers of my article can see that I said no such...
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