Mayoral Matters: Public Attitudes to Mayors and Devolution in 2024
For the first time, LT has conducted public opinion polling in the twelve current mayoral areas and the two future ones with elections in 2025. We wanted to understand how those who actually experienced devolution felt about it.
Making the political case for an industrial strategy
Stability has been central to all calls for an industrial strategy. Academics, businesses, and policy-makers have made their case for an industrial strategy. In an increasingly competitive global market, they want certainty to invest and a coherent approach to economic policy-making.
Britain: A nation of MIMBYs
Drawing on a multilevel regression and post-stratification (MRP) of 12,000 people commissioned by Labour Together from YouGov, our analysis of public attitudes reveals that the caucus against housebuilding are smaller than anticipated. In this note, we set out what that means for Labour.
Starmerism is not at war with Blairism
A focus on serving working people is the golden thread that connects Keir Starmer’s Labour and Tony Blair’s, says Labour Together’s Director, Josh Simons.
Voting Intention: 15th March 2024
The first voting intention polling conducted internally by Labour Together finds that Labour are 18 points ahead of the Conservatives. The polling, conducted using Labour Together’s new internal polling capacity, suggests that if there were a general election tomorrow, the Conservative would take 24% of voters, Labour 42% and the Liberal Democrats 10%. Other parties, including Reform UK, would get 12% of the vote.
A wide Labour lead hides reasons for caution
New analysis by Labour Together has modelled two scenarios which show there is cause for caution despite Labour’s wide lead.
Our narrow curriculum is failing our kids - it's time to go Broad and Bold
Our latest report shows that a new curriculum that is “broad and bold” can address the education system failing to prepare our children for life after school.
A ‘Portillo moment’ could happen anywhere
In the countryside and by the sea, far beyond its traditional heartlands, Labour is in the lead.
Labour’s bridge building on sex and gender-based rights
New polling, conducted by YouGov on behalf of Labour Together, shows decisively that the Labour membership supports the Party’s new policy position on sex and gender based rights.
Suella’s dream is Sunak’s electoral nightmare
New polling conducted just before the Supreme Court ruling on the Government’s Rwanda policy which compared public attitudes to both Labour and Conservative immigration and asylum policies.
Labour’s Migration Advantage
New Labour Together polling on how Labour’s asylum policies are helping Labour and hurting the Conservatives
Labour Together at Labour Party Conference
Labour Together is back at Labour Party Conference - find out more about our events and RSVP to join us here
Culture Clash
While we don’t yet have culture wars, we do have culture clashes. This paper argues that there is still time to bridge our divides, and shows how we can do so. Its author, Sunder Katwala, is the Director of British Future and the leading authority on questions of culture and identity in Britain today. Together with British Future, we publish it at a critical moment, as Westminster returns to work and gears up for an election that will place culture and identity centre stage.
What Women Want
In advanced democracies across the world, the last forty years have seen women move left, shifting their support from conservative to progressive parties. One country, however, proved an exception. In almost every post-war election, Britain’s Conservative Party won more of its support from women than men, and Labour won more votes from men than women. Now, that has reversed. In this paper, Professor Rosie Campbell and Christabel Cooper explore what has changed and why.
General Election Review 2019
In 2020, Labour Together conducted a review into Labour's worst electoral defeat since 1935. That report diagnosed the causes of Labour's defeat, and set out how Labour could win back the trust of the British people, laying the groundwork for Labour's subsequent recovery.