Why the Welsh Labour government should go further on rent controls
The recently announced co-operation agreement between Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru offers much hope. The deal will see the…
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Labour’s ‘one rule for them, another for everyone else’ line is back
Labour’s ‘one rule for them, another for everyone else’ line is back. Lobby journalists had to endure a…
28 months after the PM promised to ‘fix’ social care, the plan is unfair and lacking
Ministers today unveiled a ten-year ‘vision’ for social care. 28 months after Boris Johnson told the public that…
Now is the time to build a Labour Party – and a vision – voters can believe in
This month marks the second anniversary of the 2019 general election. Events since have thrown what came before…
Why the government should equalise tax on dividend and ordinary income
Most ordinary people in the UK don’t buy or own shares in companies. According to the Office for National…
PMQs: When is a new hospital not a new hospital? When it’s promised by the PM
Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson met today after allegations emerged that Downing Street broke Covid rules by hosting…
Johnson accused of breaking Covid rules with 2020 Downing Street Xmas party
Boris Johnson hosted a rule-breaking festive bash in Downing Street in the run-up to Christmas last year, according…
Once more unto the picket lines: who is on strike right now, and why?
Once more unto the picket lines. Right across the country, there are battles taking place over pay, pensions,…
To make flexible working the default, ministers cannot take half measures
Imagine you – like eight in ten working people – would like to work flexibly. Maybe you’re a…
Mums in politics: pulled in all directions, judged and damned whatever we do
Stella Creasy revealed last week that she had received a letter from the Chair of Ways and Means…
