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2 OLD L factions

  1. Momentum

  2. Socialist campaign group

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Momentum — origin

  • Jeremy Corbyn

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Momentum — 2 aims

  1. Grassroots participation

  2. Socialist policies

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Momentum — current influence

  • Very little

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1 neither OLD/NEW L faction

  1. Blue Labour

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Blue Labour — 2 features

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

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

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1 key Blue Labour member

  • Shabana Mahmood

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3 NEW L factions

  1. Labour Growth Group

  2. Labour Together

  3. Progressive Britain

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Labour Growth Group — 1 aim

  1. Remove barriers to growth

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Labour Growth Group — number of MPs

  • 70+ (mainly post-2024)

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LGG current chair

  • Chris Curtis

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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

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LGG - 5 current economic policies

  1. Lift tax burden on workers

  2. Equalise tax rate on capital gains and income

  3. Use increased tax on capital gains and income to reduce NI

  4. Nationalise Thames Water

  5. Devolve more power to mayoralties

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Labour Together — 2 origins

  1. Think tank formerly run by McSweeney

  2. Organised Starmer’s leadership bid manifesto

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Labour Together — 2 features

  1. Focus on public opinion and policy

  2. Purged left from L

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Labour Together — current influence

  • Decreasing due to McSweeney’s departure

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Progressive Britain — 2 origins

  1. Formerly 2 groups — Progress and Policy Network

  2. Progress createed in 1996 to support Blair

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Progressive Britain — 2 features

  1. Publishes research

  2. Organises events

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Progressive Britain — current influence

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

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Tribune — 2 features

  1. Soft-left

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

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Tribune — current influence

  • Rising after departure of McSweeney

  • Currently putting forward policy ideas

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Tribune — 10 economic policies

  1. Oxford-Cambridge coreidoor

  2. Switch fiscal rules to be measured over 10-year horizon

  3. Scrap stamp tudy

  4. Cut council tax

  5. New property and land tax

  6. Close inheritance tax loopholes

  7. Increase capital gains tax further in line with income tax

  8. Cap bus fairs

  9. Reform energy pricing

  10. Allow public corps to directly borrow money

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SCG current influence

  • Most of the MPs that voted to refer Starmer to the Privileges Committee were part of the SCG

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SCG origins

  • Founded in 1982 by Tony Benn

  • Wanted to promote closer TU links

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4 changes under NL that SCG opposed

  1. Change to Clause IV

  2. Tuition fees

  3. PFIs in education

  4. Iraq War

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3 members of SCG

  1. Corbyn

  2. Abbott

  3. John McDonnell

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Reason SCG hasn’t broken away

  • FPTP would prevent it from winning at all

    • Prefers to influence from the inside