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A Learning the Lessons Taskforce is to be set up to  analyse the election data, draw on the experiences of our key stakeholders and listen to the public to see what we can learn from the election.

The Taskforce will take online submissions and hold hearings in the nations and regions across the country and will seek to conclude its work in time to report to the new leadership team and the NEC. It was noted that time is of the essence given the Scottish Parliamentary, Welsh Assembly, London Mayoral and local government elections taking place in May 2016.

The full membership of the Taskforce panel is:

• Chair of the Taskforce – Margaret Beckett
• Chair of the NEC – Jim Kennedy
• General Secretary – Iain McNicol
• Candidate from target seat – Sharon Taylor
• Candidate from target seat – Anne Snelgrove
• BAME representative – Valerie Vaz
• Representative from the PLP – Tom Blenkinsop
• Representative from Scotland – Margaret Curran
• Representative from Wales – Chris Ruane
• Representative from local government – Alice Perry
• Representative from members – Johanna Baxter

Come and find out first hand on how to be selected as a Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, engage and develop a wining campaign and getting the votes out to be elected.

We are looking out for potentail candidates in forthcoming elections. Funding and training will be provided to successful candidates. Interested?

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Friday, 12 June 2015 from 19:00 to 22:00

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Check out who is supporting and voting Labour on May 7 for

• A strong economic foundation
• Higher living standards for working familie
• An NHS with time to care
• Controls on immigration
• A country where the next generation can do better than the last
• Homes to buy and action on rents

David Cameron dodged question after question on his plan to cut child benefit and tax credits. Yesterday we saw the proof when he refused the answer.

The choice is clear: your tax credits are safe under Labour - and they’ll be slashed under the Tories.

I want people to know that I’m on their side. I’m not on the side of the richest and most powerful. I’m on the side of the people who don’t have it easy in this country

Ed Miliband used his closing statement at the BBC Debate to demand the Prime Minister “debate me, one on one.”

Staring straight down the camera, Ed challenged Cameron: "David, if you think this election is about leadership, then debate me one-on-one."

Highlights from Ed Miliband’s speech today launching Labour’s election manifesto.

A plan to reward hard work, share prosperity and build a better country for all, because Britain only succeeds when working people succeed.

Find out more HERE

Tory Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt is taken to task on how the Tories find their magical £8billion to invest in the NHS - yet another unfunded spending commitment as the Tory election campaign unravels.

Labour have said how we’ll pay for an NHS fit for the future. Check out the links below to find out:

1. Healthcare fit for the future

2. Leading the NHS to a better future

3. You can't trust the Tories on the NHS

Top Tory politicians have spent the last few days trying desperately to avoid answering questions about plans to cut tax for millionaires… for a second time.

Again and again they avoid saying whether they’d rule out lowing the 45p rate of tax. Here’s just the ones we counted.

Under the Tories it’s got harder to see a GP – meaning people are having to wait longer and longer. More people are having to wait over 48 hours for an appointment, and over a quarter of the public say they can’t get an appointment in the same week.

That’s bad news for families who depend on their local GP service, and it’s also putting huge strain on our A&Es.

The Tories cannot escape their responsibility for this. They made it harder to see your GP, by scrapping Labour’s guarantee of a GP appointment in 48 hours, saying that this was “no longer a priority”. They cut funding for Labour’s GP extended opening hours scheme, and as a result fewer practices are open at evening and weekends.

Now, people are waiting longer and longer for appointments. According to the most recent GP Patient survey, 13 million people can’t get an appointment at their surgery, or had to wait a week or more for an appointment the last time they tried. In a recent survey by the Patients Association, 60 per cent of people said they waited longer than 48 hours to see a GP.

Lack of access to GPs is one of the reasons why we have a crisis in A&E, with the number of patients waiting over four hours at its highest for a decade. The Government’s own review of emergency care highlighted lack of GP access as a key reason for the pressures on A&E.