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The flagship, unforgettable party of the year - delicious food, incredible entertainment, and high-profile guests...

Join us to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit at our Lunar New Year Gala Banquet 2023 on Wednesday, 8th February 2023 at an award-winning restaurant in Central London.

Our flagship annual gala event draws together colleagues from across the Labour movement, British East Asian Actors, members of the creative communities, business and community leaders. 

Last year, attendees included leading figures from the Labour Party such as Sir Keir Starmer MP, Angela Rayner MP, and Lady Cherie Blair QC.

View photos from last year's celebration:

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We look forward to seeing you there.

Date: 11^th May 2022, 6-8pm | Location: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament

Hosted by Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Shadow Home Secretary, and East & South East Asians for Labour

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The event will:

• draw greater attention to the situation with new Hong Konger arrivals and the issues they face arriving in the UK.
• discuss the need for wider community outreach with ESEA community based on values of justice, representation, and solidarity.
• provide an opportunity for the ESEA diaspora to come together and discuss community issues and priorities.

Meet our East & South East Asians for Labour Candidates for the Local Elections in May 2022

On Wednesday 9 February, Labour’s heaviest hitters gathered to celebrate the start of the Year of the Tiger. The event brought together parliamentarians from both Houses, members of East and South East Asian (ESEA) communities, trade union representatives and allies and supporters of both the Labour Party and ESEA activists’ place within it.

It was a particularly exciting occasion as the organisation’s first public event under its new title. Formerly Chinese for Labour, the expansion of our organisation’s remit acknowledges the fact that the greatest challenges of Chinese communities are shared by those from the many diverse backgrounds of East and South East Asia.

Come and join us to celebrate the Year of the Tiger at our Lunar New Year Gala Banquet 2022 on Wednesday, 9^th February 2022 at a Central London venue.

In addition to senior Labour parliamentarians, including the Labour Leader, Sir Keir Starmer MP and Deputy Leader, Angela Rayner MP joining us, we will also be joined by Councillors from the East and South East Asian communities.

This gala event draws together the British East Asian Actors, creative communities, supporters from the Labour movement and leading members of the Chinese business and community leaders.

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We look forward to seeing you there.

Today, the Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC) has confirmed that East and South East Asians for Labour (ESEA for Labour) motion for conference has been accepted and placed under ‘Foreign Policy Towards China.’

The motion subject area will now be put to Conference delegates in the priorities ballots and if successful will be composited and debated. ESEA for Labour now calls for CLP and Trade Union delegates to put their full support behind the motion in order for it to be debated on the conference floor.

Letter from Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP, Leader of the Opposition          

"We were delighted that Kira, Ellie and Nathan reached out to us and engaged thoughtfully with our questions. We are confident that if elected they will stand up for young people, and in particular for young East and Southeast Asians. We are keen to work with them going forwards, and are happy for the Chinese for Labour Executive Committee to nominate them.

"Young people in the UK are facing years of precarious work and declining living standards due to the government’s mishandling of Covid 19. The pandemic has also brought a wave of increased racism against young East and Southeast Asians, on top of the hostile environment already experienced by those from immigrant families. It is vital that Chinese for Labour represents these young people.

"We support Kira, Ellie and Nathan's commitment to improving safeguarding structures within Young Labour, to ensure young activists within the party feel safe and welcome. With increased racist attacks against East and Southeast Asians, their efforts will be an important part of ensuring the party and our communities remain a safe space for all people.

"However, while Young Labour's internal culture must become more inclusive, we are aware that many in our communities don't even consider becoming involved in politics to start with. Therefore we hope the candidates will spend time developing ways of encouraging young East and Southeast Asians to consider political involvement, bringing them into the Labour movement.

"Finally, we are pleased that the candidates were aware of the challenges faced by East and Southeast Asians overseas. We want Young Labour to be a strong voice for all those suffering from political oppression and human rights abuses." 

Young Chinese for Labour

End the Virus of Racism is a pan-East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) intergenerational group of community workers, activists, researchers, professionals and artists - both of migrant and second-generation backgrounds - who formed a mutual aid group in May 2020. We are fundraising to build the UK's first not-for-profit, intersectional organisation, dedicated to redressing systemic anti-ESEA racisms and progressing anti-racist conversations within our communities. This is a movement led by people of ESEA heritage, primarily for people of ESEA heritage.

We have rescheduled our online panel event with Sarah Owen MP, Chair of Chinese for Labour. It will now take place on Wednesday 21 October 18:00 - 19:30.