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🌹🔔Our live discussion with Mayor of the West of England, @mayorhelengodwin.bsky.social, is this Wednesday!

If you haven't registered yet, RSVP today and be part of the conversation.

Mainstream members can RSVP using the emailed link.

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A graphic reading: Nominate Cat Arnold, L1452611. As an NEC member of two years, I’ve celebrated our wins, but challenged too. My views have been grounded in good governance, democracy, and Labour Party values. Values of social and environmental justice, equity, and transparency. I will continue to uphold members’ views, representing them effectively, alongside my Mainstream colleagues.

We're organising to elect a progressive team of Mainstream candidates to Labour's NEC.

They'll fight to bring a popular, principled and practical left politics to life within Labour.

Meet Cat, candidate for the CLP section 👇

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A graphic reading: Nominate Cllr Elizabeth Dennis, L0145211. Labour is strongest when united around delivering change that restores power, dignity, and opportunity to every community. As councillors, we see how Labour in office improves lives and how far trust must still be rebuilt. I’m standing because councillors deserve a strong voice at the heart of our party, shaping the decisions that affect those we serve.

Our brilliant team of NEC candidates are determined to fight for a reset.

They'll make sure that we draw upon the wisdom, energy and talents of our entire movement to transform the country.

Meet Elizabeth, candidate for the local government section 👇

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A graphic reading: Nominate Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, L1232610. I’m Labour through and through. I’ve campaigned for Labour, worked for Labour and stood for Labour as our 2024 parliamentary candidate against Farage. Labour governments only succeed when we are a broad church, and when all across our movement feel empowered to build our vision together. I will be a voice for every member and tirelessly defend Labour values.

To transform the country and take on authoritarian populism, Labour must be bolder, brighter and broader than ever before.

Mainstream's NEC candidates are fighting to make sure that we meet this moment.

Meet Jovan, candidate for the CLP section 👇

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A graphic reading: Nominate Kerry Postlewhite, L1212372. These elections matter. The NEC must reflect Labour’s core principle: by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone. As CLP representative, I would speak up for all members. Winning in 2024 was huge - now we must step up, be bold, tax wealth, bring essential services into public ownership, end child poverty and deliver the change we promised.

Our candidates are determined for Labour to hear and heed the voice of its mainstream.

They'll champion a new politics rooted in transparency, participation and radical ambition for the country.

Meet Kerry, candidate for the CLP section 👇

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A graphic reading: Nominate Cat Arnold, L1452611. As an NEC member of two years, I’ve celebrated our wins, but challenged too. My views have been grounded in good governance, democracy, and Labour Party values. Values of social and environmental justice, equity, and transparency. I will continue to uphold members’ views, representing them effectively, alongside my Mainstream colleagues.

We're organising to elect a progressive team of Mainstream candidates to Labour's NEC.

They'll fight to bring a popular, principled and practical left politics to life within Labour.

Meet Cat, candidate for the CLP section 👇

www.mainstreamlabour.org/2026-nec-and...

A team of 10 Mainstream and Labour activists smiling with Welsh Labour leaflets in Cardiff.

Our Chair and NEC candidate, Kerry, is out with a brilliant team of Mainstream activists, one of our NPF candidates, local Labour members, and former First Minister Mark Drakeford in Cardiff this morning!

Pleidleisiwch Lllafur Cymru! 🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

“Angela Rayner MP at Mainstream's Spring Reception: We cannot talk about earning a settlement if we keep moving the goalposts. Because moving the goalposts undermines our sense of fair play. It’s un-British.”

🌹The public wants a fair and balanced system of migration.

A Labour approach rooted in solidarity, community and social justice can deliver that.

Sign the petition 👉 actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...

Become a Member Mainstream is the home for Labour's radical realists. For everyone who knows that to transform the country and win again in 2029, Labour must offer the country not just a programme, but a vision of ...

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🌹In 2025, Helen Godwin won a hotly contested race to become the Labour Mayor of the West of England.

What can Labour learn from her campaign and progressive record since?

🗓️ RSVP for our next members’ event - In Conversation With: Mayor Helen Godwin - via today’s email.

A Credible Moonshot: A Radical Realist Case for a Northern Maglev Mission | Mainstream Labour Rob Balfour | For more than a generation the UK has suffered from a paradox of ambition without delivery - a new, state-of-the-art rail system would change that, writes Rob Balfour.

✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog:

For too long, the UK has seen ambition without delivery. A state-of-the art rail system connecting the Midlands and the North would change that, writes Rob Balfour.

www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/a-credi...

Towards Human Flourishing: The Case for Regulated AI and Universal Income | Mainstream Labour Steve Hutchinson | The AI disruption is happening. Humanity is at a crossroads. But with the political will, an exciting future lies ahead, writes Steve Hutchinson.

✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog:

We're already seeing the negative effects of the AI boom on employment rates. It's beyond time we guarantee people's livelihoods against this, writes Steve Hutchinson.

www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/towards...

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We’re marching tomorrow in London to show that hope is always more powerful than fear.

Join us to say enough is enough to the far-right.

togetheralliance.org.uk @togetheralliance.bsky.social

#Together

A screenshot of a Guardian article with the headline 'Rachel Reeves urged to raise taxes on companies profiting from war on Iran' and further text reading 'Charities say taxes should rise for banks, defence and energy companies which stand to make windfall profits'. The screenshot shows a picture of Rachel Reeves in the House of Commons.

We've joined @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social, @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social, @pcsunion.bsky.social and others to call on the Chancellor to tax excess profits made as a result of the war in Iran - and to ease cost of living pressures 👇

Rachel Reeves urged to raise taxes on companies profiting from war on Iran Charities say energy companies, banks and defence companies stand to benefit from the economic fallout

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A screenshot of a Guardian article with the headline 'Rachel Reeves urged to raise taxes on companies profiting from war on Iran' and further text reading 'Charities say taxes should rise for banks, defence and energy companies which stand to make windfall profits'. The screenshot shows a picture of Rachel Reeves in the House of Commons.

We've joined @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social, @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social, @pcsunion.bsky.social and others to call on the Chancellor to tax excess profits made as a result of the war in Iran - and to ease cost of living pressures 👇

“Angela Rayner MP at Mainstream's Spring Reception: We cannot talk about earning a settlement if we keep moving the goalposts. Because moving the goalposts undermines our sense of fair play. It’s un-British.”

🌹The public wants a fair and balanced system of migration.

A Labour approach rooted in solidarity, community and social justice can deliver that.

Sign the petition 👉 actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...

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TAKE ACTION!

The public wants a fair and balanced system of migration. A Labour approach rooted in solidarity, community and social justice can deliver that.

Sign our petition for a mainstream Labour approach to migration now👇🖊️

actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...

The People Will Bear the Brunt of Another Government Crisis | Mainstream Labour Minesh Parekh | The conflict in the Middle East is set to put more pressure on Britain's cost of living crisis and it is time for the Government to step up to the plate, writes Minesh Parekh.

✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog:

The conflict in the Middle East is putting another pressure load on Britain's cost of living crisis - it's time for the Government to step up to the plate, writes Minesh Parekh.

www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/the-people-will-bear-the-brunt-of-another-government-crisis

End the ‘Feudal’ Leasehold & Ground Rent System | Mainstream Labour Tony Mayer | Labour's plan to cap ground rents does not go far enough, writes Tony Mayer.

✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog:

Labour's planned reform on leaseholds and ground rents doesn't go far enough, writes Tony Mayer.

www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/end-the...

Today Programme ILR 20 03 26 YouTube video by Tony Vaughan KC MP

This morning I spoke on the Today Programme, about the Government’s Earned Settlement proposals.

We’ve got to remember that this debate is about who has the right to belong here and contribute, it’s not about cutting migration.

It’s also about who we are as a country.

youtu.be/U5WxQn56kyQ

Members are at the heart of any successful democratic party. When people feel genuine ownership, motivation and pride in the movement they belong to, the whole Party is stronger. Yet we are seeing too many members giving up on Labour in anger, or drifting away in disappointment. Rebuilding our membership - by valuing their voice and making space for real participation and engagement - must be a priority for Labour’s success. We, the undersigned members from every section of the Labour Party - parliamentarians, councillors, internal election candidates, members and trade unionists, pledge to reset the Labour Party.

It's time for a cultural reset to deliver change and a better politics for our country.

It's time to reset the Labour Party.

resetlabour.co.uk
mainstreamlabour.org/2026-nec-and-npf-elections

5/5

We stand for rebuilding basic democracy, pluralism and fair process within our party. That means restoring genuinely open parliamentary and other selections, ending the suspension of MPs for legitimate scrutiny of the Government, and moving away from the kind of top-down control that prevents local members from choosing their own representatives and engaging in meaningful debate and participation. We support democratic policy-making and strong equalities structures. The Labour leadership must listen to the views of Labour members and affiliates.

That means embracing internal democracy, pluralism, and debate.

We must draw upon the energy, talent and wisdom of our whole movement.

4/5

We stand against the insular, centralising approach of the current leadership that refuses to draw on the energy, talent and ideas of our whole movement, the continued underfunding of public services and local government, and the pandering to the talking points of the far right. Labour can only survive - and actually deliver for people and communities - if we choose a different path: fair taxation of the wealthiest, real investment in public services, taking essential services like energy and water into democratic ownership, and promoting peace and internationalism abroad. We welcome advances made by this Government, such as the ending of the two-child benefit limit, but we know that Labour must be bolder, braver and broader than ever before to rise to the immense challenges of the current moment.

This Labour Government has done some brilliant things.

But we must be bolder, braver and broader to rise to the challenges of the present moment.

3/5

In the face of the growing electoral threat to the Labour Party exposed by the Gorton and Denton by-election - and ahead of difficult elections across Wales, Scotland and England in May - members from across our Party’s progressive majority are uniting behind a call to urgently reset the Labour Party. The upcoming National Executive Committee elections are an opportunity to do just that.

This matters: the Labour Party and our country face huge challenges.

2/5

A graphic reading: Reset the Labour Party, Statement Launch.

Mainstream's candidates for the CLP section of the NEC are supporting a call to reset the Labour Party🌹

They do so out of a deep commitment to our party and its transformative potential.

Labour is at its best when it is broad, open and democratic.

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'A reset that means something' - LabourList If a “reset” is to mean anything, it must mean rediscovering the spirit of common endeavour that defines the Labour Party.

"... we agree on something fundamental: that Labour succeeds when we are broad, open and pluralist" 🤝🌹

Mainstream's Chair and one of our NEC candidates, Kerry Postlewhite, writes with Cllr Minesh Parekh on the need for a meaningful Labour reset.

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A graphic reading: Reset the Labour Party, statement launch.

Labour needs a reset in order to transform the country.

Today, Mainstream’s three candidates for the CLP section of Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) have joined others from all across the party in signing the Reset the Labour Party statement.

resetlabour.co.uk

It was a real pleasure to hear Angela Rayner give a keynote speech at our Spring social yesterday.

She’s delivered amazing things while in Government, and she’ll no doubt do more brilliant work in the future. 🌹