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The Labour Party is carrying out another review of its policy-making process. It is the fifth such review since the creation of the national policy forum (NPF) 20 years ago. If the party is serious this time about developing a more open…
We’ve suffered a crushing defeat. I expected many of the amazing candidates I campaigned for to be heading to Westminster this week as new MPs and I’m gutted that won’t be the case. However, cleverer and more important people than I have…
I don’t make a habit of praising Tory Chancellors - and there is plenty to criticise the current one for - but George Osborne’s announcement of the most radical devolution to local government we’ve seen since his idol Margaret Thatcher took…
There is a lot of debate at the moment about what we should do to address 'the UKIP problem'. I'm relieved that the Labour Party is finally acknowledging that there is one after years of simply brushing off UKIP as a much bigger problem for…
The National Policy Forum have got a full plate today as they begin their final weekend of deliberations before signing off Labour’s policy documents ahead of the manifesto being agreed at national conference. Headline issues like rail…
Disabled people generally, and those in receipt of social security payments in particular, have been at the harsh end of this government’s policies and rhetoric. It is disgraceful that the most vulnerable are being asked to shoulder the…
Whilst it is not the sort of announcement which is going to set the world on fire, Miliband's endorsement of Andrew Adonis' Growth Review - the most substantial and significant contribution to Labour's policy review so far - is crucial as a…
Closer ties, not separation, can help provide solutions to problems in Scotland and England. I left Scottish Labour conference in Perth with two things - a cracking hangover and a strong belief that only closer ties between Scotland and the…
I was grateful to The Guardian for a leaked copy of Ray Collins' report from his wide ranging review into party reform which was published on Saturday - days before the 200,000 grassroots members who will have to vote on and live with…
The Government’s HS2 plans were opened to public consultation last week and broadly welcomed by business and political leaders in the north of England. The economic benefits are clear – in my own city of Manchester alone, up to 30,000…
I've often complained in the past that we don't talk enough about Europe in this country. Our biggest trading partner, the source of millions of British jobs and many of the workplace rights we now take for granted. I suppose I should have…
It's here. The moment we've all been waiting for. After months of teasers and trailers in the print and broadcast media, we can now see the full show. But that's enough about Les Miserables. Next week David Cameron gives his much hyped…
