Labour Briefing

Labour Briefing is a monthly political magazine produced by members of the British Labour Party.

The magazine began in 1980 as London Labour Briefing. The founders were the members of the Chartist Minority Tendency, which was a former Trotskyist part of the Chartist Collective. It was edited by (among others) Graham Bash, Chris Knight and Keith Veness and counting Ken Livingstone, Tony Benn and other prominent Labour councillors and MPs among its supporters. Throughout the early period, Its masthead slogan was "Labour - take the power!" While the magazine's followers often acted as a political faction, its internal politics were non-sectarian and open, ranging from democratic socialist backers of the former Labour MP Tony Benn to some of the Trotskyist groups.Jeremy Corbyn, later Leader of the Labour Party, became involved with London Labour Briefing in the 1980s, and argued against expulsions of the Militant tendency in 1982, one year before he became an MP. Corbyn became a regular contributor. According to Private Eye, he was a member of the editorial board, and served as its general secretary for some time, but Corbyn later pointed out this was inaccurate.

The group campaigned for left-wing policies and greater democracy in the Labour Party. The paper also emphasised sexual and personal politics and anti-racism campaigns. London Labour Briefing was also prominent in supporting Irish Republicanism and the UK Miners' Strike (1984-1985). In due course, London Labour Briefing spawned local papers around Britain, such as Devon Labour Briefing.

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