Labour and Privately Rented Housing – at last Cinderella comes to the ball
There’s sometimes a tendency to talk down Labour’s record on housing in office, though in particular the massive…
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The government should halt privatisation of the Royal Mail
The financial results from Royal Mail last week are very welcome news and only serve to show that…
MPs should be banned from having second jobs – but it’s not about the money…
Imagine you had a job where you were paid nearly three times the UK’s national average full-time salary.…
The Tories need to stop the spin and urgently get a grip on the A&E crisis
The crisis engulfing Accident and Emergency departments across England is a mess of David Cameron and his hapless…
What is the government’s strategy for female offenders?
For three years the Government has been promising to publish a strategy to steer its work on female…
Becoming a Living Wage City – an ambition worth having
A cleaner met me on the corridor the other day as I was leaving the office and gave…
Planning the revolution – Labour and the Spending Review
In four weeks time the Chancellor will announce the results of the 2015 spending Review. There won’t be…
A call for action at the G8
In less than a month’s time, the UK hosts the G8 Summit. With hunger, tax, trade and transparency…
A Northern Tory that Labour should be afraid of
The Labour Party spends a great deal of time beating itself up over its performance in Southern England.…
Why we love Woolwich
Woolwich is an amazing place. It’s where the Labour party was founded as a mass membership organization. The…
