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Next Thursday is polling day in Lewisham East. It may look easy, but this is not a done deal. We’ve been out on the doorstep a lot and our support is holding up well, but there is a real problem with voter fatigue. The people of Lewisham…
It’s about time that government policy reflected the realities of family life and the workplace in the 21st century. Two years after it was first introduced, uptake of shared parental leave (SPL) – the government’s flagship policy to…
As the Higher Education and Research Bill makes its way through Parliament, the question the Government must answer is of whether they want our universities to be engines of social mobility - or vestiges of privilege, merely reinforcing and…
Following in the footsteps of David Cameron, Theresa May has been quick to promise decisive action to crack down on tax avoidance, so it completely beggars belief that she will simultaneously see through the previous Government’s plan to…
The two-party system is on the way out. If there is a political lesson from the last two months, then that is it. The SNP’s popularity in Scotland and the rising stock of UKIP south of the border tell a clear story of people fed up with…
Is Boris Johnson the only man in Britain who thinks £2800 per month in rent is affordable to ordinary people? If his decision to approve plans to turn the sizeable Mount Pleasant site in Islington into yet another mass of luxury tower…
For many Labour activists knocking on doors in Scotland in the last few weeks, it wasn’t political division that was most evident but rather the enthusiasm, the energy, and the engagement of the electorate. This was a vote that really got…
Three months ago, on Father’s Day, ICM released a poll showing that two out of three British adults think the role of fathers is undervalued. I find this deeply worrying, but sadly unsurprising. There is no doubt that some progress has been…
Rachel Reeves’ speech yesterday was bold and astute in making the case that the UK’s ever-increasing welfare bill is a result not of unemployment but of rising housing costs. In doing so, she went right to the heart of the UK’s housing…
Last week's announcement that local authorities will be given new powers to stop the spread of betting shops is a victory for Labour councillors up and down the country, who have been campaigning for this for years. Across the UK, from…
It was a quiet ceremony, but a significant one. As the clocks struck midnight in New York yesterday, the chimes heralded the beginning not just of a new year but of a new era. After 12 years of Mayor Bloomberg’s leadership, in the very…
The facts are stark. Young people have it much harder than their parents did. Over one million 16-24 year-olds are out of work and in no form of education or training; nearly two-thirds of these have never had a job. The situation for young…
