‘Labour’s moment of decision on defence’
I first heard about Dan Jarvis in 2011, on a patrol base in southern Afghanistan. The officer commanding…
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‘Labour represents the sort of people for whom trade unions were created or it represents no one’
Just as many trade union members support Reform as support Labour, according to a recent poll. Many local…
‘Capacity first: Building a Britain that works’
The political risks of targets have been laid out plain to see over the last 24 hours. Failing…
‘Universal Credit fails both as a safety net and as a gateway into work. So what now?’
The UK welfare system is increasingly complex and requires decisive action to address its inherent challenges. The fundamental…
‘Defence spending alone will not keep Britain secure’
Climate security is no longer a distant or abstract concern. It is shaping the price of food, the…
‘Healey and Carns are gone. Labour must finally get serious about national security’
There is no sugarcoating it: the resignations of both John Healey and Al Carns is a major, and…
‘There are no geographical boundaries on good ideas’
The past few weeks have seen an important debate about the future direction of the Labour Party and…
‘Britain’s industrial strategy must start in places like Cornwall – not Whitehall’
If you spend enough time in Westminster, you start to notice a pattern. Whenever Britain talks about industrial…
‘To win support in places like Makerfield we need to abolish Council Tax’
You don’t need me to tell you that the results of the local elections were tough for Labour…
‘Building an NHS that is truly fit for the future’
Like people right across the country, I owe so much to the NHS. It helped me overcome a…
