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Rowenna Davis

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The poster for Ken Loach's "The Spirit of '45", which Curzon cinemas are celebra
By Rowenna Davis - 02 April 10:49

The workers at the Curzon cinemas are turning to unions to help challenge their poor wages and zero-hours contracts.

John O'Farrell and Harriet Harman on the campaign trail in Eastleigh.
By Rowenna Davis - 14 February 15:22

Rowenna Davis says she's never canvassed anywhere so undecided.

A porter pushes resuscitation equipment down a corridor at Lewisham Hospital
By Rowenna Davis - 21 January 17:14

To cut this well-performing hospital would be to reward failure and punish success.

Will this be a wake-up call for Westminster? Photograph: Getty Images
By Rowenna Davis - 07 January 16:24

Unexpected people are struggling. The middle is getting closer to the bottom. So what is the way out?

Volunteers put a selection of tinned food together at a food bank
By Rowenna Davis - 17 December 10:10

We should support food banks, but our aim - through things like the living wage - should be to wipe them out.

Ed Miliband and shadow chancellor Ed Balls.Photograph: Getty Images.
By Rowenna Davis - 07 December 16:11

A jobs guarantee would allow Labour to defend benefits from a position that resonates with the public.

London lit up red for World Aids Day 2012. (Getty.)
By Rowenna Davis - 01 December 19:31

The real impact of welfare cuts.

The Port of Dover
By Rowenna Davis - 09 November 14:28

Glasman's Blue Labour movement has found a cause in the fight to stop the Port of Dover being privatised.

Ford will be closing plants in Southampton and Dagenham next year
By Rowenna Davis - 08 November 11:51

Our current industrial strategy is allowing the company to undermine public trust.

Former deputy prime minister John Prescott.
By Rowenna Davis - 24 October 10:41

The elections offer little more than an expensive way of leaving us all more disillusioned.

Queen guitarist Brian May speaks with protestors. Photograph: Getty Images.
By Rowenna Davis - 19 October 9:16

Rural workers' livelihoods are being devastated by TB. Labour should come to their defence.

Balloons featuring images of Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne
By Rowenna Davis - 09 October 14:09

Luckily for Ed Miliband, the Conservative Party is unlikely to listen to the Tories with One Nation vision.

A ferry sails past the Port of Dover
By Rowenna Davis - 30 September 11:08

A year later, there's barely a sight of the buzzword. But its ideas live on, writes Rowenna Davis.

Language learning under the cosh. Photograph, Getty Images.
By Rowenna Davis - 13 September 17:58

It's culturally insulting that only classical and modern language GCSEs count towards Michael Gove’s new English Baccalaureate.

Farmers protest EU agricultural policies. Photograph: Getty Images
By Rowenna Davis - 12 July 16:19

Milk has been over the news recently, but there's a silence on the left over the plight of its creators.

David Cameron talks to young people at a careers centre in Hammersmith
By Rowenna Davis - 29 June 10:23

Under 25s are a much greater electoral force than they realise.

The European Union flag is visible through tree branches
By Rowenna Davis - 22 June 10:25

Democracies need to get some self-respect.

A BetFred shop in Central London
By Rowenna Davis - 21 June 8:57

BetFred and others are favoured by licensing laws that are weighted against communities.

A royal supporter waits outside Buckingham Palace. Photograph: Getty Images
By Rowenna Davis - 15 June 12:16

We shouldn’t be afraid to ground our political vision in an idea of Britain, of who we are and what kind of society we want to build.

Dole Queue
By Rowenna Davis - 26 May 12:00

The Lib Dems' intention to block the worst of the Beecroft report does not diminish the urgency of t

Donations of food are stacked on shelves at a foodbank centre in Salisubury.
By Rowenna Davis - 12 May 10:34

They call it a "bank" for a reason.

New Statesman
By Rowenna Davis - 03 May 8:06

A system with fewer people voting is often in the interests of the politicians you’re supposed to ha

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has presided over cuts to courts
By Rowenna Davis - 29 April 0:05

There’s a horrible irony about a justice system that is supposed to make us safer leaving us more vu

New Statesman
By Rowenna Davis - 20 April 14:24

The party used to care more about family, high streets, order and community.

New Statesman
By Rowenna Davis - 02 April 10:24

Respect won because its campaign was rooted in the heart and soul of Bradford.

By Rowenna Davis - 29 March 17:29

Don't be fooled by claims that the number of betting shops is decreasing.

By Rowenna Davis - 12 March 12:17

Pub workers are battling against a corrupt set of markets rigged against them.

By Rowenna Davis - 02 March 11:26

We know democracy is deeper than elections. We should honour that.

By Rowenna Davis - 23 February 15:30

The left can't afford to seem snobby about opportunities, but employers have obligations too.

By Rowenna Davis - 13 February 16:09

People are losing control of the public spaces they love. Give local councils a say over betting sho

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