Press releases

McDonnell welcomes Diane Abbott to Leadership race

John McDonnell MP, already backed by the LRC and Unison United Left, said:

“I welcome Diane’s candidacy and urge other women and ethnic candidates to come forward from all wings of the party. We need a full and wide ranging debate about our future direction.
“I am writing today to all the so far declared candidates to ask their support for a review of the current process and timetable for nominations which has been mismanaged from the start and is now in total disarray.
“I am calling for an extension of the timetable for nominations and a reduction of the threshold so that everyone can get on the ballot paper and our members can have a full range of candidates from all wings of the party from which to choose.” [continue...]

Labour MP con-dems the “coalition of the cutters”

John McDonnell MP warns of the Lib Dem-Tory “coalition of the cutters” - accusing the Lib Dems of selling out the country by delivering us all up to Tory cuts in public services.
John McDonnell MP, LRC Chair, said:
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The Left will not support a ‘Cuts Coalition’

The LRC Executive has rejected proposals for a coalition with the Liberal Democrats to implement ‘savage cuts’. Instead, we will build a coalition against cuts with Labour members, trade unionists and community activists. [continue...]

Left and trade unions organising coalition to defeat cuts by ‘neoliberal coalition government’

The left and trade unions have started organising a broad coalition against the incoming coalition government and its plans to cut public services, jobs, pensions and benefits. There is no popular mandate for cuts and, as in Greece, any attempt to impose them will be firmly resisted. [continue...]

LRC welcomes strong vote for Labour Left MPs

. . . votes are a mandate for resistance to cuts

LRC-backed Labour Left MPs bucked the national trend by increasing the Labour vote in their constituencies. The strong votes for these MPs demonstrates the support for a socialist alternative to the cross-party consensus on cuts. [continue...]

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