After 15 years of a misguided experiment, the railways must be brought back under public ownership
The word ‘omnishambles’ could have been coined for the chaotic handling of the West Coast franchise. The Laidlaw…
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There aren’t many working class people like Bob in politics these days
The Coventry and Oxford canals meet at Sutton Stop. Today, the coal-laden barges have given way to pleasure…
Creating a private rented sector based on long-termism and responsibility
Today we’re launching the second in a series of housing policy papers on the private rented sector. This document…
David Cameron is on the right side of history on equal marriage
“I agree with David Cameron.” It’s not a sentence that comes easily to Labour supporters, but in the coming…
Can Miliband beat Osborne on Welfare?
There is a political speech that I will never forget. It was by Neil Kinnock after Labour had…
Kelvin MacKenzie shows why One Nation Labour must succeed
The occasions when Kelvin MacKenzie needs to shut up and go away are manifold and numerous, and usually…
Painful spending choices will happen, even if a future Labour chancellor can avoid an outright cut in expenditure
P.G Wodehouse said ‘it is a good rule in life never to apologise’. As he delivered a grim…
No alternative, no ‘plan B’
In the Autumn Statement George Osborne and the Coalition Government had yet another opportunity to implement an economic…
We need a UK Youth Guarantee
Amidst the obsession with EU budget battles you’d be forgiven for not noticing the announcement by the European…
Another statement, another set of figures revised in the wrong direction
One stood out for me above the rest. The Office for Budget Responsibility now says that growth this…
