Giving welfare reform both barrels in the Lords
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward Political expediency is a fact of life and older than the hills. And…
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The challenge is much bigger than appointing the general secretary
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward There’s been a pretty strong backlash against rumours that the appointment of a…
A period of PMQs abstinence may help us get some perspective
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward In his bad weeks Tony Blair apparently used to joke that this was…
Housing and wages should be bread and butter for Labour
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward In case you missed it over the weekend the Tories used un-sourced figures…
A throwback to the 80s
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward A snippet in yesterday’s Guardian highlighted the difficulties the coalition are having recruiting…
It’s not just Big, it’s the new improved, Bigger Society
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward And so as May followed April, it came to pass that the Big…
Plugging the policy vacuum
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward Three problems have become increasingly clear to me over the last few weeks…
A year’s a long time in politics
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward There’s been enough written about what last week’s results mean for Labour. Instead…
Is there a third way for Thursday’s referendum?
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward On the first Thursday of May in 2012, 2014 and 2015 (if the…
Council reserves aren’t a secret stash
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward Tory tabloid cheerleader, The Sun, has been fed a great little recess story…
