‘With government borrowing rising, here’s how Reeves can ignite growth’
Joe Jervis and Hugh Goulbourne on how Labour can ignite growth.
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Can Labour deliver growth and net zero without it costing the earth?
Under the Conservatives, Britain’s economy has stagnated. We are the only G7 nation that has an economy smaller than it was pre-pandemic. This is no coincidence. 13 years of underinvestment has led to low growth, low wages, high prices and…
We must help Reeves to establish Labour as the party of economic competence
The recently published Renaissance report offers some inconvenient truths for our movement, none more so than the realisation that many former voters don’t yet fully trust the Labour Party to oversee a stable economy. The harsh truth is…
Labour must champion our Northern mill towns if we are to regain power
As many of us here in Huddersfield, Batley and other mill towns of the North watch the government’s levelling up programme with a mixture of horror, disbelief and fascination, it is increasingly important for Labour to develop a plan for…
The government must support the North’s decimated hospitality sector
As the Northern Powerhouse Conference gets underway today, coronavirus will be front and centre for much of the discussion. The long-term legacy of this pandemic will be staring our communities in the face for years to come. We already know…
Hugh Goulbourne: Why I want to be Labour’s West Yorkshire mayoral candidate
The coronavirus pandemic is far from over, but already we are seeing the huge strain that it is placing on our communities here in West Yorkshire. Our social and political landscape is changing fast, and it is becoming increasingly clear…
Call on all Labour candidates to take local health and wellbeing boards to task over cold homes
For years fuel poverty campaigners have been calling on politicians to recognise the affects of cold and damp homes on the health of our most vulnerable households. As early as 2011, a report from the World Health Organisation proved that…
Ed is right, it might not be fashionable but Labour must stay the course on sustainable energy
The much reported recent falls in the global energy price has brought some good news to hard-pressed UK households, but we in the Labour Party must rally behind Ed Miliband's call to action and stay the course on sustainable energy. In the…
A sustainable solution to the NHS deficit
Amid growing fears amongst Labour and Tories alike about the scale of the NHS deficit, it is more than a little surprising that the recent announcement of a £50m investment by the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) into the energy efficiency of…
Collective Power: changing the way we consume energy
By Hugh Goulbourne / @communityenergy Rising and volatile energy costs will increasingly be a source of major difficulty for households and businesses over the next 5 years. Many experts believe that we will see global energy shortages by…