Back British Farming Day: Our farmers are facing a perfect storm of uncertainty
British farmers are facing a perfect storm of uncertainty this Back British Farming Day. From reduced farm payments,…
Daniel Zeichner
Daniel Zeichner: We cannot let the hard-line Brexiteers set the agenda for the UK’s future relationship with Europe
Let me be clear. When the vote on the EU comes before Parliament, my vote will reflect the…
Government funding is leaves bus users short-changed
People protest about many things, and rightly so, but I don’t see enough people getting angry about what…
We’ll push to ensure the importance of buses is recognised in Parliament
This is a tale of two bus stops. They are both in my city of Cambridge, but they…
Refugees Welcome: why I’m tabling a motion to rekindle the spirit of kindertransport
This has been a summer of harrowing tales. The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the worst since…
Lords Reform? Forward not Back
Forward not Back was the inelegant slogan that helped Labour limp to victory in the 2005 General Election.…
Organising low-paid workers in the Britain that Cameron broke
Food-banks, zero-hours contracts, pay-day loan companies – when David Cameron talked a few years ago about ‘Broken Britain’,…
Tariff reform – Cameron gives up on Thatcherism
What should we make of the suggestion from David Cameron and Nick Clegg that energy companies should be…
Fast out of the blocks. High calibre candidates. Labour’ PCC trail-blazers
Labour’s co-ordinated launch of Police and Crime Commissioner candidates this week, and their high calibre, has made the…
Refounding Labour – a matter of trust
By Daniel Zeichner Last year, I posed the question: can the National Policy Forum be made to work?…
