Labour Archives - Woman's Place UK

Keir Starmer on the Andrew Marr Show

On the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday 26th September 2021, the leader of the Labour Party was asked if it was transphobic to say only women have a cervix. This...

We stand with Kiri: Labour and women’s voices

Labour Women’s Declaration stands in solidarity with Kiri Tunks Thank you Labour Women’s Declaration for your solidarity with our co-founder, Kiri Tunks, who was ‘un-invited’ from speaking on challenging...

Portsmouth Labour Party Motion: Erasing and silencing women in the name of inclusion

A story of bad faith, procedural labyrinths and digital disempowerment in the Labour Party Across the UK, women have been persistently highlighting how we are being excluded and delegitimised...

Edinburgh Labour Students

This statement was updated on 27th October to note the withdrawal of the offending statement by Edinburgh Labour Students. Please see update at the end. Edinburgh Labour Students today...

Labour needs to speak up for women

The treatment of Rosie Duffield MP is deplorable. We applaud her courage in speaking out. The Labour Party says it wants more light and less heat but its actions...

2020 WPUK submission Labour Party Policy Forum: work, pensions and equality

This is the submission we made to the Labour Party Policy Forum 2020 on work pensions and equlity. We welcome the opportunity to contribute to Labour’s national policy forum...

Dear Zarah Sultana: an open letter

On 5th June Zarah Sultana, MP for Coventry South, tweeted screenshots of a letter she had written to Liz Truss MP. In that letter, Ms Sultana wrote about “attempts...

Dear Keir…

Dear Keir, We are the co-founders of Woman’s Place UK and we are all members of the Labour Party. We have been horrified at the way the concerns we...

Too good for Labour: Karen Ingala Smith

We, the co-founders of Woman’s Place UK, are outraged that Karen Ingala Smith, highly respected campaigner and activist for the rights of vulnerable women and children facing male violence,...

Thank you Labour Women’s Declaration

On Monday night, we spoke at the #ExpelMe rally organised by Labour Women’s Declaration in support of Woman’s Place UK and LGB Alliance. You can read the speech by...

You ignore us at your peril: Kiri Tunks

This is the text version of the speech Kiri Tunks gave on behalf of Woman’s Place UK at the Labour Women’s Declaration #ExpelMe rally on Monday 9th March 2020....

Warning! This motion may damage your CLP

New Socialist has produced a draft motion for Constituency Labour Party groups (CLPs) entitled ‘Draft Model Motion in support of trans, nonbinary, and intersex rights’. In their ‘Tasks &...

No answer from Labour over intimidation

On 23rd September 2019, we held an unofficial fringe meeting at Labour Party Conference in Brighton to discuss the demands in our manifesto. Due to intimidation by trans rights...

Dear Lisa Nandy: a letter from Ruth Serwotka

Dear Lisa Nandy, I write on behalf of the feminist campaigning organisation Woman’s Place UK (WPUK). Information about us can be found here. I am a co-founder of WPUK,...

Lisa Nandy on Radio 4

This morning Lisa Nandy MP was interviewed by Justin Webb on Radio 4’s Today programme. We were astonished to hear the comments she made about Woman’s Place UK which...

We are Woman’s Place UK

We are the co-founders of Woman’s Place UK, a campaign established to ensure that women’s voices are heard and our sex based rights upheld. We are members of the...

Courage is catching: Joan McAlpine

Joan McAlpine MSP is member of The Scottish Parliament & chair of its Culture, Tourism, Europe & External Affairs Committee. The committee took evidence on sex & gender identity...

Tottenham CLP motion on free speech and self-organisation

We are delighted that Tottenham CLP have passed this motion in support of women’s right to self-organise and debate issues of concern to us free from intimidation and threat....

Until all our sisters are free: Paula Boulton

Paula Boulton is a musician, playwright and granddaughter of one of the first women Labour councillors. This post was first published on Facebook. We are republishing it here with...

Labour’s Values & WPUK

This post is based on a Twitter thread written by a Labour staff member who attended the Woman’s Place UK unofficial fringe at Labour Party Conference in Brighton. This...