Labour party factions

2 OLD L factions

1. Momentum

2. Socialist campaign group

Momentum — origin

• Jeremy Corbyn

Momentum — 2 aims

1. Grassroots participation

2. Socialist policies

Momentum — current influence

• Very little

1 neither OLD/NEW L faction

1. Blue Labour

Blue Labour — 2 features

1. W/C and 🇬🇧 ID aka conservative socialism

2. Connection with RUK/Tory voters — called to scrap DEI in 2025

3 NEW L factions

1. Labour Growth Group

2. Labour Together

3. Progressive Britain

Labour Growth Group — 1 aim

1. Remove barriers to growth

Labour Growth Group — number of MPs

1. 70+ (mainly post-2024)

Labour Growth Group — current influence

• Producing economy and welfare report like Beveridge

  • Needs to be “more radical”

• Loyal to Starmer but working on attracting both 💚 and RUK voters

Labour Together — 2 origins

1. Think tank formerly run by McSweeney

2. Organised Starmer’s leadership bid manifesto

Labour Together — 2 features

1. Focus on public opinion and policy

2. Purged left from L

Labour Together — current influence

• Decreasing due to McSweeney’s departure

Progressive Britain — 2 origins

1. Formerly 2 groups — Progress and Policy Network

2. Progress createed in 1996 to support Blair

Progressive Britain — 2 features

1. Publishes research

2. Organises events

Progressive Britain — current influence

• Merged with Labour First to form pre-election Labour to Win

Tribune — 2 features

1. Soft-left

2. Used to have Starmer in it; now with Louise Haigh

Tribune — current influence

• Rising after departure of McSweeney

• Currently putting forward policy ideas