‘Labour needs to start selling a narrative before it drowns in bad comms’
Labour’s freshly announced welfare changes have been described as “stomach turning,” “cruel” and “attacking the most vulnerable.” You…
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‘Labour types riff on Musk and Milei to impress journalists, not actual voters’
Last week Labour abolished NHS England in a move some have billed as part of “project chainsaw”. Originating…
‘People want New Labour-style spending now. Here’s why it’s just not possible’
Here’s one for you: New Labour’s landslide victory in 1997 took place nearer in time to shillings and…
‘The public doesn’t think welfare works – but they are more compassionate than sometimes believed’
Let’s start with an obvious point. The public does not think the benefits system works. Ipsos polling makes…
‘Ministers must reject failed Tory orthodoxies of the past and put people before profit again’
It is the curse of Labour governments that every time we come into office our ministers have to…
‘Foreign aid cuts force a reckoning with the future of development’
During my 25 years of military service, some of my proudest achievements were in leading humanitarian relief operations,…
‘We need more than a reformed state. Politicians need actual training’
Today’s speech was a powerful statement of intent from the prime minister, and a step in the right…
‘With budgets tight, Starmer is right to crackdown on quangos’
Today, the Prime Minister will make announcements to radically overhaul the State: chief among them a crackdown on…
‘How the Employment Rights Bill will deliver higher wages and less stressful work’
Everyone should be able to earn to live a decent life, but that is not possible in the…
Welfare benefit cuts: ‘What’s the least bad way to find savings?’
Rachel Reeves is said to be on the verge of cutting billions of pounds from health-related benefits. But…
