‘Reviving Sure Start is a great first step – a children’s minister should be the next’
Bridget Philipson’s revival of Labour’s hallmark Sure Start programme is a promising sign that children’s welfare is back…
James Valentine
Shouting at the telly – policy-making in today’s Labour Party
Three stories, changed names, but all true: – I hadn’t seen Mike for a while. Although not a…
Now’s the time for leadership
By James Valentine In my constituency, we’re a week away from the GC meeting which will be an…
Let’s talk about Capitalism
By James Valentine As a successful small business owner it’s rather nice to be held up as a…
Local elections: what are the lessons for the next general election?
By James Valentine It was good to be one of the 800 or so English council winners on…
How the East was lost
By James Valentine Activists from across the East of England attended a packed and enthusiastic meeting in the…
Lines of attack
By James Valentine There is much angst about Labour’s opposition stance and in truth much of the party…
Ideas for electability – A National Care Service
By James Valentine The coalition’s comprehensive spending review is already unravelling and the Chief Executive of the NHS…
University finance, and Labour’s legacy
By James Valentine Let’s remember, it all started under Labour. Lord Browne’s student finance review takes as its…
Making policies to win
By James Valentine Labour Party policy emanates from the membership and for the last thirteen years the National…
