After 14 years the next election will be a referendum on the Tory government says Josh Simons. But the Labour must ensure it doesn't hit the same struggle centre-left parties around the world have had in failing to build an electoral base. pod.link/1685159956

New polling from @labourtogether shows 1 in 4 Conservative councillors say cuts to local government budgets have left councils unable to adequately provide statutory basic services. As a former councillor, I'm not surprised. 🧵politicshome.com/news/article/q…

🚨OUT NOW WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODS! Sam Freedman and Ayesha Hazarika go behind the scenes with Josh Simons to look at how Labour is preparing for power and whether the party can break the curse facing centre left governments around the world. LISTEN NOW. pod.link/1685159956

On this week's episode of The Power Test we talked to Josh about his organisation Labour Together - which was essentially Starmer's campaign vehicle to win the leadership.

How is their thinking influencing Labour's plans for government?

📊 A quarter of Conservative councillors think their local authority does not receive enough money to meet statutory duty service level requirements for adult social care
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Enjoyed this chat with Ayesha Hazarika and Sam Freedman about what we do Labour Together and why.

- Why the centre-left have struggled in power around the world
- Migration policy
- My Scotland comments
- How to think about the first 100 days.

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Integrity matters in politics.

I saw up close a leader who completely lacks it: Jeremy Corbyn.

I’ve watched Prime Ministers who lack it too: Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

One simple reason Labour Together is proud to be Keir Starmer’s provisional wing: he completely has it.

“We need to bring some integrity, some faith, some sense that politics is actually a profession...that requires people of good character”
After the suspension of Tory MP Mark Menzies, Josh Simons of think tank ‘Labour Together’ warns trust is declining in democracy:
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The Rwanda Bill has been delayed by Lords until next week after the government suffers two defeats.

Conservative MP Rehman Chishti and Director of Labour Together Josh Simons discuss with Sophy Ridge and Beth Rigby.

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“He [Rishi Sunak] set the target and he’s missed it” - Director of Labour Together Josh Simons

“We took decisive decisions, inflation is down” - Tory MP for Gillingham and Rainham Rehman Chishti

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With inflation rates and the never-ending Rwanda Bill dominating chatter in SW1 today, I’ll be sharing my take on things with Sophy Ridge on #PoliticsHub tonight.

Tune in at 7pm 📺.

📢 On #PoliticsHub with Sophy Ridge

🔴 Director of Labour Together Josh Simons
🔴 Tory MP for Gillingham and Rainham Rehman Chishti
🔴 Asda boss and Conservative peer Lord Stuart Rose

⏰ 7pm
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Great to speak at this joint UK in a Changing Europe and Institute for Government event yesterday on polling.

Polling is incredibly important in shaping the political landscape, but polls are often misinterpreted, in part because their both their limits and their capabilities are misunderstood. 1/

Massive opportunity for any recent grads out there with an interest in politics and data - you'll be learning from the best in the business at such an exciting time for LT and for Labour. Get in touch 📩

Come work with me! Labour Together are hiring for a recent graduate who hasn't worked in polling before to come and work with me and Christabel Cooper in our public opinion research team. The role is a FTC six month internship.

Excellent nerdy election chat with Labour Together guru Christabel Cooper

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Great to be on Bloomberg's UK Politics show yesterday talking about the local elections, where I pointed to how volatile the electorate has become. This has allowed Labour to turn a 11.5 point loss in GE2019, into a 20 point poll lead.

But remember what happened 7 years ago..1/

🚨Two thirds of Tory councillors are unhappy with the national party, while half say the party is too left wing.

New polling by Labour Together via Savanta UK

Labour Together’s new paper - 'Migration in the Age of Insecurity' - is the first in a series that will explore how to build a migration system that benefits working people.

My piece in Daily Express today sets out the context.

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In short: the policy…

EXC: 4 in 5 Labour members polled in October backed Keir Starmer and believed he would win a majority

Private Labour Together polling shows the transformation of the Labour grassroots

A party official said this was the result of “a deliberate strategy”

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