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What is Labour for the Long Term, the mysterious group funding Labour MPs?

Wes Streeting is among Labour frontbenchers backed by a new group with links to so-called ‘Effective Altruism’

What is Labour for the Long Term, the mysterious group funding Labour MPs?
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, pictured at Labour's 2022 party conference, is among the Labour frontbenchers linked to Labour for the Long-Term | REUTERS/Phil Noble
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Keen politicos may have noticed a new presence at this year’s Labour’s conference.

Nestled among the more familiar fringe events for the party’s affiliated organisations was an event sporting frontbench MP speakers and prominent journalists hosted by ‘Labour for the Long Term’ (LLT).

LLT popped up on the MPs’ register of interests soon after, donating a £30,000-a-year ‘policy adviser’ to health secretary Wes Streeting. On its website, it boasts of having support from other shadow ministers, too, such as Anneliese Dodds, Alex Sobel and Fleur Anderson.