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The Campaign Lab Library is a growing collection of what we’ve built and learned – from AI tools and field-tested guides to research briefings and campaign resources.
Everything here is made to be useful. Whether you’re running a local campaign, designing an experiment, or just looking for ideas, this is where we publish what might help others across the ecosystem.
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Motivation and Methods Immigration consistently ranks as one of the issues of greatest concern among UK voters1. As Reform has gained momentum based on its messaging around this issue, being able to understand and respond to public opinion on this is an increasing priority. This article summarises findings from a larger report produced by Campaign […]
- Who's this helpful for: Campaigners, Journalists, Researchers
Project Link Problem Addressed Local Facebook groups are often a rich source of information for campaigners, providing insight into the issues, concerns and conversations shaping communities. While campaign teams frequently monitor individual posts and comments, doing so at scale is difficult. We wanted to explore whether AI-assisted social listening could help identify the issues people […]
- Who's this helpful for: Campaigners, Journalists, Members of parliament, Researchers
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- Feed News
Project Link Problem Addressed Collecting information and intelligence for campaigns, opposition research, and civic technology projects can be extremely time-consuming. Campaigners often need to monitor a wide range of news sources, websites, and publications to stay informed about developments relevant to their work. Recent advances in AI have created new opportunities to automate parts of […]
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Problem Addressed Local journalism in the UK has been in long-term decline. Newsroom closures, consolidation, and cuts have left many communities with little or no dedicated local reporting. In some areas, residents now live in so-called “news deserts”, where there is no regular professional coverage of local affairs. At the same time, many people increasingly […]
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- Ward Watch
Project Link Problem Addressed It can be difficult to keep track of all developments at a ward level. Its critical to have up to date info if you are researching your opposition to understand where they have failed, or a local campaigner trying to identify key achievements to build a hyper-local campaign. Approach & Implementation […]
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Project Link Problem Addressed Unions do incredible work, but it can be hard to keep track of the wide range of concrete wins they deliver for their members. Approach & Implementation Campaign Lab volunteer Chris Owen built this tool to address these challenges. It uses AI to surface and monitor union wins, displaying them in […]
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On Sunday 29 September, just ten minutes from the Labour Conference, almost 400 attendees filled Camp and Furnace for The Campaign Fringe: a one-day exhibition programme focused on what works in progressive campaigning. The space was buzzing, alongside the talks, a lively Expo stitched together builders, researchers and organisers. The Labour Conference is rich with […]
- Who's this helpful for: Campaigners, Journalists, Members of parliament, Researchers, Technologists
- Tool
- Epetitions – UK
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For the latest entry in our Academic Series we welcomed Dr. Stephanie Luke, Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University, whose research focuses on how political parties adapt their strategies in the face of new challenges. Her talk, titled When Attack Strategies Backfire Dr. Luke’s research looked closely at how this competition played out in the […]
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Project Link Problem Addressed The idea for the gateway came out of Campaign Lab’s hack nights, where volunteers started exploring how we could make local democracy more transparent. Council minutes often have lots of information that is relevent to campaigners, journalists, and citizens but info is often buried deep in documents and PDFs. We wanted […]
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