This is a transcription of a speech Peter Marland gave on the 26th September 2022 at the Win As One event at Labour Party Conference. You can watch a video…
10 Oct, 2022
16 Sep, 2022
Pluralism isn’t a tactic – it’s a culture shift
Written by Compass's Campaigns and Projects Officer, this piece was originally posted on Centre as part of their series on proportional representation. Centre has done a fantastic job collecting articles…
08 Aug, 2022
Campaign News: Only Stand to Win blocked from Labour Conference. We’re challenging that.
Earlier this year, joined by a cohort of Labour MPs, Compass and Compass Labour launched our campaign to Only Stand to Win. Only Stand to Win was a campaign for…
18 Jul, 2022
Power Now!
A new project from Compass and Labour Together The Power Now Project is a collaboration between Compass and Labour Together, to explore the potential of ‘new power’.Over the past two…
13 Jul, 2022
We’re hiring a Media and Press Officer
Apply now Compass is looking to recruit a Media and Press Officer as we gear up to launch an ambitious new campaign in September this year. The Media and Press…
16 Jun, 2022
Leader of the Swale Council on the Coalition
Swale Borough Council provides district council services to an area of North Kent, including the Isle of Sheppey, the towns of Faversham and Sittingbourne and the surrounding rural hinterland. By…
30 May, 2022
Progressive Alliances Work – Our new data shows impact on local election results of single progressive candidates
In May's local elections an unprecedented number of contests saw only one progressive candidate standing. By accident and, under the radar, by local design, progressive parties not competing had a…
27 May, 2022
A modest basic income could cut poverty to lowest level in 60 years
Read the report A new universal basic income model could cut poverty by more than half, reducing it to its lowest level for 60 years. This fiscally neutral scheme involves…
09 May, 2022
Lesson on candidate selection from North Hertfordshire
Since 2019, a Labour-Lib Dem coalition has held control of North Hertfordshire District Council. At the 2022 Local Election, this was strengthened with Labour gaining two seats against the Tories…
06 May, 2022
Progressive Alliance triumphs and tragedies at the 2022 Local Elections
The 2022 election results are in, but we're still crunching the numbers to figure out the national analysis. What we know so far is that it was a bad night…
25 Apr, 2022
Basic Income Month — Our crowdfunded basic income pilot
In 2021 we crowdfunded a basic income pilot. Working with the London Solidarity Funds we ran the Basic Income Month, funding £50 payments to 71 people.
24 Mar, 2022
Sunak won’t tackle the cost of living crisis. A basic income can.
Yesterday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced this government’s spring budget. With living standards set for the largest single-year fall since records began in the mid 1950s, the government will oversee a 5% fall…