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The gambling sector and its allies have tried to disparage Andy Burnham for his recent stand against gambling venues, calling it prohibitionist and a “puritan perspective” with “worrying religious and moral connotations.” They even…
The bold approach is the safe one. The softly-softly option is the gamble, and on current numbers it's a losing one.
As the Member of Parliament for Blyth and Ashington, I represent communities that helped build both the Labour movement and modern Britain. While coal may no longer dominate our economy as it once did, the values forged in our mining…
The result, especially Labour's 12-point margin of victory, suggests the party can win back voters who had been tempted away from the party by challengers on both sides of the political spectrum.
Joe Fortune’s election as General Secretary of the Labour Party is significant not only for Labour, but for the wider co-operative movement. Fortune moves to Labour after seven years as General Secretary of the Co-operative Party –…
Social care has claimed enough political scalps. Now it needs a plan we can all get behind.
Labour members complaining about a hostile press is as old as the party itself. There has rarely been a supportive environment for a left wing party on the fourth estate and it is something the Party has long struggled with as different…
For the first time in 15 months, Labour is leading the opinion polls. Reform is on the back foot and Andy Burnham is undoubtedly enjoying a honeymoon period. Some experts say this is the right moment for the new PM to be brave and call an…
Politics is a zero-sum game, we are told. That is why no party will touch the triple lock. You don't even need to buy a Tory a pint before they admit, privately, that it is madness. But pensioners vote, so that's that. So when Andy Burnham…
The compromises for growth that come with foreign state investment is being played out in primary, football, colours...
Ryan Swift of IPPR puts the case for a commission on on democratic reform to expand the discussion beyond the voting system.
Allison Gardner MP says we must be creative in reducing the cost of our energy system and boosting the competitiveness of British business.
