ThinkLabour

ThinkLabour, formerly known as Labour Together and Common Good Labour, is a British think tank closely associated with the right wing of the Labour Party. Founded in June 2015¹ with the initial aim of bridging Labour factions, it switched its focus to opposing the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn and later supported Keir Starmer in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election. It works to measure public opinion and develop political policy. Its leading architect was Morgan McSweeney. The group supported Labour in the 2024 general election, as well as for a second term in government. It is regarded by The Guardian, Politico, The Times, and Business Insider as a highly influential group upon the Starmer-led Labour Party, and seen as an "incubator" of its 2024 manifesto. It has sought to resemble the centre-right think tank Onward. As Labour Together, the group failed to declare £730,000 of donations from millionaire venture capitalists and businessmen between 2017 and 2020. The organisation was fined and found guilty of over 20 separate breaches of the law. In 2025 it was reported that they had paid private investigators to run a smear campaign against prominent journalists investigating "Operation Red Shield", Labour Together's campaign to marginalise the Labour left. The organisation rebranded to ThinkLabour in 2026.

ThinkLabour, formerly known as Labour Together and Common Good Labour, is a British think tank closely associated with the right wing of the Labour Party. Founded in June 2015 with the initial aim of bridging Labour factions, it switched its focus to opposing the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn and later supported Keir Starmer in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election. It works to measure public opinion and develop political policy. Its leading architect was Morgan McSweeney. The group supported Labour in the 2024 general election, as well as for a second term in government. It is regarded by The Guardian, Politico, The Times, and Business Insider as a highly influential group upon the Starmer-led Labour Party, and seen as an "incubator" of its 2024 manifesto. It has sought to resemble the centre-right think tank Onward. As Labour Together, the group failed to declare £730,000 of donations from millionaire venture capitalists and businessmen between 2017 and 2020. The organisation was fined and found guilty of over 20 separate breaches of the law. In 2025 it was reported that they had paid private investigators to run a smear campaign against prominent journalists investigating "Operation Red Shield", Labour Together's campaign to marginalise the Labour left. The organisation rebranded to ThinkLabour in 2026. === 2017–2021: Electoral Commission investigation and fine=== In December 2020, acting director Hannah O'Rourke filed a series of donation reports that, from 2017 until 2020, had not been filed within 30 days as required by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. Labour Together was investigated by the Electoral Commission from January 2021 for failing to declare over £800,000 of donations within 30 days, £730,000 of which was not disclosed when McSweeney was director. McSweeney had falsely asserted in a January 2019 meeting in parliament that donations were being declared fully and promptly. The investigation became public in February 2021, when Business Insider revealed that only £165,000 of the £970,492 donated between October 2015 and January 2021 had been declared within the specified period. O'Rourke stated that this "administrative oversight" was "entirely unintentional" and asserted that "we are now fully transparent and compliant with regards to our donations, and are cooperating fully with the Electoral Commission to assist them in their ongoing inquiry." Following this, the Electoral Commission stated that "admin error" was not a reasonable excuse, and fined Labour Together £14,250 in September 2021 after finding it had committed over 20 offences under electoral law, including disclosures with incorrect information and a failure to appoint a "responsible person" for declaring funds. ==External links==

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