Labour conference vote in favour of proportional representation

A motion calling for the labour party to drop the first past the post system was tabled at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool. The vote came after electoral reform ranked in the top six items of the party’s priorities ballot.  The priorities ballot dictates the policy areas which members wish to see debated on […]

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World War Two veteran Harry Leslie Smith helps the Labour party find its voice amid a lacklustre conference with an inspiring speech about Britain before the creation of the NHS