Memo to the new leader: Britain’s real middle
In September 2010 I sent an open memo on the real ‘middle Britain’ to each of Labour’s then…
John Healey
Let’s put to bed the charge of Labour over-spending, and turn our fire on the Tories
This critical period we have to choose the next person to lead our party into government in 2020…
Keeping our eye on the ball
We’ve all been shocked to see the Tories emerge from the Election with an outright majority, and rightly…
UKIP’s vision for a broken Britain
As UKIP launch their election manifesto, it’s easy to poke fun. The last one was disowned by their…
The ten-point failure of the Tories’ long-term economic plan
David Cameron talks about the Tories’ ‘long-term economic plan’ at every PMQs. Tory MPs line up to parrot…
Regional inequality is history? Only if you choose to ignore it
This week in the Commons we watched local government ministers try to defend their decision to target government…
The left can lead the fight for fairer trade
The campaign for a ‘no’ vote in the Scottish referendum shows politics can sometimes bring political foes to…
We need to fix the UK’s unbalanced economy: here’s how
As President Obama said recently, inequality is the ‘defining challenge of our time’. But if we are serious…
It’s not just what we do it, but how it’s done – we need radical reform of Whitehall
Reform of the civil service may seem a long way down the list of priorities for the next…
EU-US trade deal: don’t let the government sign us up to a privateers’ charter
The second round of negotiations concludes today in Brussels for a trade deal between the European Union and…
