Ben Cooper column: ‘Cost of living will decide Labour’s fate in ‘sea wall’ communities
At the last election, Labour won an unprecedented victory across the ‘Sea Wall’, a group of 105 coastal…
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Paul Nowak Column: ‘Fixing Britain’s migration system starts with fairness, compassion and common sense’
Whenever migration is leading the news – as it has been much of this week – I think…
Crime, welfare, abortion: Where could Reform threaten Labour next?
“Today is just the start of something very big indeed,” Nigel Farage declared this week as he unveiled…
Deborah Mattinson Column: ‘Labour must never forget who it’s fighting for’
Focus groups can be depressing. For me, the worst in decades were after Labour’s shattering defeat in 2019.…
Ben Cooper Column: ‘We need to ‘build baby build’ social housing to meet the 1.5m new homes target’
There is no path to tackling England’s housing crisis without building 1.5m new homes in this parliament. To…
Deborah Mattinson Column: Putting ‘local’ at the heart of Labour’s plan for government
Tip O’Neill, US speaker of the house from the late 70’s, is credited with inventing the expression ‘all…
‘Is factionalism for losers or is pluralism for wimps?’
I have seen no greater pleasure etched on a man’s face than the one on a staffer who…
‘I slept in my car’: Is Labour conference still worth the rising costs?
Conference doesn’t end when the hall empties. Many attendees who spill out onto Liverpool’s waterfront make for bars,…
Paul Nowak Column: ‘The left has a political and moral duty to defend the ECHR’
The Conservatives have now confirmed they want Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights. Kemi Badenoch’s…
Ben Cooper Column: ‘Gaining public consent for scrapping the two child cap is difficult but essential’
With both Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell condemning the two-child limit in the deputy leadership race, and growing…
