‘Only Labour is delivering for leaseholders facing a cost-of-living crisis’
Last week, Labour published its Commonhold Bill. This is a historic moment, allowing for an end once and…
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‘Beyond the sticking plaster: why LVT is the key to Labour’s promise of high street renewal’
The Chancellor’s recent U-turn on the business rates hike for pubs and music venues has, understandably, been welcomed…
‘The fate of the assisted dying bill: a quiet end or a painful struggle?’
Earlier this week, Lord Falconer, the promoter of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, said that…
‘Alcohol harm is a public health crisis — and industry lobbying is blocking action’
We may not want to talk about it, but our country has a serious problem with alcohol. Alcohol…
‘Marketised social care has failed. It’s time to rebuild local, democratic social services’
The imposition of the market on Social Services has been an abject failure, economically and societally. As Michael…
‘Blair had a strategy: can Labour find one now?’
The Labour Party is very good at losing General Elections. It has only ever ‘won’ eleven of them,…
‘The Labour ecosystem is thriving – and has the ideas that can ensure the government does too’
Last weekend I was covering the Fabian Society conference for LabourList. Speakers included secretaries of state, senior ministers,…
‘Justice is being denied to the WASPI women’
The government’s announcement that the WASPI women will not receive compensation is a profound injustice. These women followed…
‘Uneven expectations’
The war of words between Andy Burnham and the Labour Party continues as the Greater Manchester Mayor has…
‘Labour is transforming the justice system to empower survivors’
When I was appointed Solicitor General, I had no hesitation in making tackling violence against women and girls…
