Columnist Ben Cooper column: ‘Uniting Labour’s progressive return voters with those yet to come back’ Last week, Labour took the lead in an opinion poll for the first time in 16 months. Twice… Ben Cooper 6th August, 2026, 6:00 am
Columnist Ben Cooper column: ‘A National Care Service for everyone’ In the final days of the last Labour government, Andy Burnham presented plans for a new National Care… Ben Cooper 2nd July, 2026, 6:00 am
Columnist Ben Cooper column: ‘You can’t have policy without politics’ The Fabian Society has, over the past three months, been talking politics and policy with people in every… Ben Cooper 5th June, 2026, 6:00 am
Columnist Ben Cooper column: ‘Labour must help families build towards their dreams’ Today millions of people across England will be voting Reform or Green at the local elections. They will… Ben Cooper 7th May, 2026, 6:00 am
Columnist Ben Cooper column: ‘Labour must intervene to tackle the causes of the cost of living crisis’ For more than half a decade, Britain has been stuck in a cost-of-living crisis. Life’s essentials have become… Ben Cooper 2nd April, 2026, 6:00 am
Columnist Ben Cooper column: ‘Labour needs to rediscover its own authentic populism’ For the first time in living memory, Labour has to deal with a populist party to its left… Ben Cooper 5th March, 2026, 6:00 am
Columnist Ben Cooper column: ‘Stop protecting golf courses, start building homes’ Look closely at a map of any city in England, and you will see vast tracts of well-maintained… Ben Cooper 5th February, 2026, 6:00 am
Columnist Ben Cooper column: ‘On housing, Labour should build a lasting legacy’ The government’s planning reforms will transform housebuilding in England. Across the country, more homes will be built near… Ben Cooper 15th January, 2026, 6:00 am
Columnist Ben Cooper column: ‘Cost of living will decide Labour’s fate in ‘sea wall’ communities At the last election, Labour won an unprecedented victory across the ‘Sea Wall’, a group of 105 coastal… Ben Cooper 28th November, 2025, 6:00 am
Columnist Ben Cooper Column: ‘We need to ‘build baby build’ social housing to meet the 1.5m new homes target’ There is no path to tackling England’s housing crisis without building 1.5m new homes in this parliament. To… Ben Cooper 30th October, 2025, 6:00 am