Columnist ‘The mayoral model holds political risks. Labour must empower local councils’ When Keir Starmer joined Sadiq Khan to launch the London mayoral election campaign, Labour seemed curiously downbeat about… John Denham 24th March, 2024, 9:00 am
Comment ‘If Labour can’t spend more, here’s how we spend better to fix council budgets’ On Monday, Angela Rayner described the government’s announcement of £600m of new emergency local authority funding as a… John Denham 31st January, 2024, 7:00 am
Columnist ‘Labour must reject assumptions about Englishness and promote its inclusivity’ An enduring myth about national identity in England – not least on the left – is that Britishness… John Denham 26th December, 2023, 8:45 am
Comment ‘To tackle hate and division, Labour must reflect on what multiculturalism means’ The former Home Secretary’s divisive rhetoric will rightly get much of the blame for drawing far right activists… John Denham 13th November, 2023, 11:40 am
Columnist ‘Taking SNP seats alone won’t fix unease over the union – in Scotland or England’ Labour’s stunning victory in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election opens the door to many more Scottish Labour… John Denham 16th October, 2023, 9:43 am
Columnist ‘Ministers like control, but Labour must offer radical, irreversible devolution’ Labour has promised a ‘Take Back Control Bill’ in the first King’s Speech. Aimed at England, it must… John Denham 29th September, 2023, 9:38 am
Comment St George’s Day: Labour can’t ‘take back control’ without devolving English government On another St George’s Day, England’s government is creeping onto the agenda. It is not English identity that… John Denham 23rd April, 2023, 8:00 am
Comment I resigned over Iraq. Labour needs to work harder to learn its lessons Twenty years on, Labour’s discussion of the Iraq War is curious and worrying in equal measure. The disaster… John Denham 30th March, 2023, 12:04 pm
Comment Brown’s reforms do not go far enough. We must embrace a more radical vision As Labour consults the public about the distribution of power, the real debate must be whether the Brown… John Denham 19th December, 2022, 1:30 pm
Comment Labour can and must transform the UK into a union of nations – here’s how England is the most centralised and unequal nation in Europe. Power is hoarded at the centre in Westminster… John Denham 13th June, 2022, 6:21 pm