‘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,…
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‘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…
‘Employment Rights Bill must go further to reform disgraceful sick pay system’
At £116.75 a week – just 17% of the average weekly wage – the UK’s Statutory Sick Pay…
‘Let’s hike tax to spend even more on defence. Voters get the world’s changed’
Keir Starmer has rightly named the active threat Putin poses to the UK, our allies and peace in…
Dawn Butler: ‘Why we founded the Parliamentary Black Caucus’
Whether it is climate change, the rise of the far-right, the future of artificial intelligence, or the persistent…
IWD: ‘Politics isn’t focused on women’s needs or voices. We can fix it with more women councillors, MPs and mayors’
I’ve been in a reflective mood as we’ve approached this International Women’s Day. 263 women now serve in…
Spring Statement: ‘Austerity is not the answer to Britain’s stagnant economy’
All the signs are that Britain is heading for another round of austerity. The BBC has today reported…
