Key facts
- Labour must reunite the progressive voter coalition to win the next election, according to Deputy Leader Lucy Powell.
- Powell stated that the party has a chance to capitalize on divisions on the right.
- She believes Labour has not always been seen as the best chance to defeat right-wing politics.
- Powell will announce an expansion of anti-harassment work in schools.
- Schools will be required to embed healthy relationships and belonging into every part of school life.
- Labour will talk more boldly about choices like workers' rights and free childcare hours.
Labour must "reunite the progressive voter coalition" to win the next election, according to Deputy Leader Lucy Powell. Speaking to The Guardian, Powell said the party had a second chance to take advantage of a split on the right and that clear communication of values was essential for success. She noted that Labour had become "too technical and pessimistic" and required a "change of leader" to revive its fortunes.
Powell stated that the party had not always been seen as the best chance to defeat right-wing politics, and that sentiment had not all come to Labour due to a fragmented progressive coalition. She believes Labour can reunite this alliance and that there are "red shoots of hope" emerging.