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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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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 […]
- Who's this helpful for: Campaigners, Journalists, Members of parliament, Researchers
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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 […]
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- 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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Date: 29 January 2025 The way political campaigns operate has changed dramatically with the rise of digital tools. In an episode of the Campaign Lab podcast, Kate Dommett, Professor of Digital Politics at the University of Sheffield, shared her insights into the evolving digital landscape in politics. From TikTok to AI, her analysis of the […]
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- Who's this helpful for: Campaigners, Journalists, Technologists
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- Labour Reforms
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