‘The Greens’ housing policy should be a wake-up call for Labour’
This week Zack Polanski’s Green Party launched its local election campaign, with its sights set on Labour’s flagship…
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‘Phil Woolas and the Missing Kinnock Generation’
There have been some lovely tributes to Phil Woolas since his untimely death a few weeks ago, from…
‘France’s municipal elections are a warning Labour cannot ignore’
If you judge France by population, the left looks strong. Judge it by land area, and it has…
‘Security, security, security’
As storm clouds gather over the British economy, last week the Prime Minister returned to the Downing Street…
‘Let’s work together to reset our relationship with business’
The relationship between the Labour Party and the business community could do with a bit of a reset.…
‘Scrapping the two-child limit is a huge moral victory, but our social security system still traps families in poverty’
There is much to celebrate today. After nine years, the two-child limit that pushed millions of children and…
‘On Europe, can Labour learn to (Swiss) roll with it?’
Ten years on, it is easy to forget doing Brexit this way was a choice. Boris Johnson’s deal…
‘The politics of the Gambling Levy money’
The statutory levy marks a long-overdue shift in how gambling harm services are funded in Great Britain, through…
‘From referee to coach – Labour needs a new theory of what it’s for’
I knocked on doors in Gosport in November 2024. The winter fuel payment decision was fresh and the…
Ben Cooper column: ‘Labour must intervene to tackle the causes of the cost of living crisis’
For more than half a decade, Britain has been stuck in a cost-of-living crisis. Life’s essentials have become…
