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The home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change. Join us to unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party. http://mainstreamlabour.org/

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · Sep 8

Mainstream is a network for everyone in the Labour Party and labour movement who wants to develop and champion the vision, policy, and strategy we need to transform the country - and win in 2029.

Become a member today: mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 3h

🗳️🌹Voting in the contest for Labour's next Deputy Leader opens today.

After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream is endorsing @lucympowell.bsky.social.

We encourage those with a vote in this election to back Lucy. The contest closes on 23rd October.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 2d

After a ballot of our members, Mainstream endorses @lucympowell.bsky.social to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.

Thank you to all of our members for participating in this ballot.

Labour must be reset in line with pluralist, democratic socialist values. Mainstream backs Lucy to do this.

A graphic displaying a pie chart with three results: (1) endorse Lucy Powell, 82.2%; (2) make no endorsement, 9.1%; (3) endorse Bridget Phillipson, 8.7%. The graphic states: Mainstream backs Lucy Powell. Members of Mainstream have voted to endorse Lucy Powell to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 4d

And finally, Neal Lawson, another member of Mainstream's Interim Council, reminded us what this is all about: winning the transformative programme Labour needs to defeat Reform and change the country 🌹

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 4d

Another signatory to Mainstream's founding statement, the Labour MP for Stroud, @simonforstroud.bsky.social, told the gathering that fighting inequality must be at the heart of Labour's platform 🌹

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 4d

General Secretary of @equityuk.bsky.social, the wonderful Paul Fleming, delivered a rallying cry for a Labour Party reconnected with the workers our party was founded to champion 🌹

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 4d

Next, @alexsobel.co.uk, MP for Leeds Central & Headingley and a member of Mainstream's Interim Council, made the case for a democratic socialism inspired by Robin Cook and global justice 🌹

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 4d

We heard from the brilliant Labour MP for Brent East,
@dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social, on amplifying the voice of Labour's Mainstream🌹

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 4d

🌹A huge thanks to all who joined Mainstream's first ever gathering at Labour Party Conference this week.

We weren't in the fringe guide, but 150+ of you still came along to connect with determined Labour activists from across the UK.

📢 Speeches from the night below 👇

An image of Mainstream's social, showing people stood chatting with drinks in a bar.

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Open Labour @openlabour.bsky.social · 6d

We are horrified by the appalling attack outside a synagogue in Manchester today, on the holiest day of the Jewish year. Our solidarity are with the victims, their families and the Jewish community.

Antisemitism has no place in our society. It must be confronted and defeated.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 6d

We are appalled by today's attack at a synagogue in Manchester and extend our fullest solidarity to the victims, to their families and to the Jewish community.

The horror of antisemitism must be rooted out in all its forms, wherever it rears its ugly head.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 7d

A step in the right direction, but nothing less than the total abolition of the limit will suffice.

This is what the Mainstream of the Party and the country want. If it just becomes a ‘three-child benefit limit’, millions of children will keep suffering.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Rachel Reeves to lift two-child benefit cap in November’s budget

Exclusive: Officials exploring options to change rule that affected 1.7 million children in Great Britain last year

www.theguardian.com

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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 8d

Neal Lawson: « It’s up to all of us who want that decent, better society and want a programme for it to speak up. @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social was created for that. »

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 9d

We're disappointed that the two-child benefit limit won't be debated at Labour Party Conference.

Social justice must be returned to the heart of Labour's programme and the mainstream of our party, which overwhelmingly backs an end to the limit, must be heard.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 22d

"The Labour Party's lost."

Mainstream Interim Council member Neal Lawson explaining why Mainstream is needed now as much as ever on BBC Politics Live.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 10d

Delegates to #Lab25: in the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'Supporting Families'.

Let's put social justice back at the heart of Labour's programme and end the Tories' two-child benefit limit.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 11d

84% of Labour members want an end to the two-child benefit limit.

Delegates must have an opportunity to debate party policy - and Labour must give children the opportunity of a life free from poverty and hunger.

In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'SUPPORTING FAMILIES'.

A graphic displaying the statistic that 84% of Labour Party members support an end to the two-child benefit limit. The rest of the graphic reads 'At this year's Labour Party Conference, let their voices be heard. In the Priorities Ballot, back 'Supporting Families' to debate the two-child benefit limit.'

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 12d

❗️❕❗️More and more Labour voices are calling for an end to the two-child benefit limit.

The 2025 Labour Party Conference must debate the two-child limit and vote to end it.

🗳️ In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'Supporting Families' to secure a debate on the two-child limit.

A graphic from Mainstream which reads:
Labour must stand against child poverty.
In the Priorities Ballot, back 'Supporting Families' to debate the two-child benefit limit.
Together, we can end the child poverty emergency.

It shows newspaper headlines of Gordon Brown, Neil Kinnock, Lucy Powell and Bridget Phillipson criticising the two-child limit.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 13d

www.itv.com/news/2025-09...

www.itv.com

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 13d

🌹Labour can afford to end the two-child benefit limit.

But we can't afford for children to go hungry.

📢 Delegates to #Lab25: back 'Supporting Families' in the Priorities Ballot to secure a motion on ending the two-child benefit limit.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 15d

NEW: Labour's CAC has reversed its decision to block motions on ending the two-child benefit limit.

Without an end to the two-child benefit limit, the Government's Child Poverty Strategy is doomed to fail.

A statement from Mainstream's Interim Council below👇

We welcome that the CAC will allow Conference the opportunity to debate ending the two-child benefit limit.

Ending the two-child limit is the single biggest action that Labour could take to reduce child poverty. Today’s news offers hope for the 4.5 million children living in poverty across the UK.

This is also a win for the mainstream of the Labour Party. 84% of Labour members back the ending of the two-child limit. The CAC’s initial decision to block this motion threatened to entrench the hostility to debate and discussion that is rooting itself in our party - and undermining Labour’s offer to the country.

We urge delegates to Conference to support this motion in the Priorities Ballot. The Government’s Child Poverty Strategy is doomed to fail without an end to the two-child limit. In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. This is our moment to make sure Labour chooses differently.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 18d

We cannot afford for child poverty to worsen.

Nor can the Labour Party afford to stifle debate about its vision and values.

The CAC must allow motions on the two-child benefit limit to progress to the Priorities Ballot.

leftfootforward.org/2025/09/two-...

Two-child benefit cap motion blocked from being debated at Labour Party conference

The left-wing groups behind the motion say “not allowing this motion to be debated is a senseless act”

leftfootforward.org

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 18d

🌹The country will not forgive Labour for allowing children to go hungry.

That's why we're calling on Labour's CAC to reverse their decision to block conference motions calling for an end to the two-child benefit limit.

🖊️Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 19d

To transform Britain, Labour must combine radical purpose with realistic method and long-term vision. That is the mission of Mainstream.

We're proud to be joined by Baroness Anna Healy as a founding signatory.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 20d

Labour must hear and heed the voice of its Mainstream.

We're honoured to have Former General Secretary of the Labour Party Lord Larry Whitty join us to help unlock its transformative potential.

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