Labour's time in office has been a disaster. Starmer promised change and delivered cuts, broken promises, and snouts in the trough. Left unchecked, Labour will deliver us into the hands of Farage.

But an alternative is taking shape. With the Green Party making gains and Your Party in the process of establishing itself, alongside independents winning in local government, the Left has a real chance to become a serious force again.

We Deserve Better exists to support strong socialist candidates to get elected, whether from one of the political parties or none.

We’re asking you to help us identify candidates for the local elections in England on May 7th and donate to help us direct support their way. Together we can get socialists elected and fight for an end to austerity in our communities.

Know a left candidate that should be on our map? Perhaps you’re a candidate yourself? Let us know!

How we started.

We Deserve Better was launched in 2024 by journalist Owen Jones, when he resigned from the Labour Party after 24 years. It was clear that the Labour Party would not be the change they were promising, and an alternative needed to be built. Raising hundreds of thousands of pounds, we supported Green Party and progressive Independent candidates to win, including Jeremy Corbyn and Carla Denyer. Other candidates we supported came very close, like Leanne Mohamad, who came just 528 votes away from taking out Wes Streeting, and Andrew Feinstein seriously denting Keir Starmer’s majority.

Now that we have seen the catastrophic disaster that Labour has been in government, it’s time to start organising again and elect socialist candidates in local and national government to deliver the change we need.