Starmer’s Blackpool visit: the risks of his summer tour and what it must achieve
Keir Starmer has vowed to “sweat blood over months and years” to earn “respect” from voters. The Labour leader…
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We must make both the moral and the hard-headed case for our aid budget
This week, the government, in one fell swoop, broke a manifesto promise and a pledge to the poorest…
Labour must reinvent itself as the party of effective and accountable spending
Boris Johnson and his ministers have squandered huge sums of public money – and not just during the…
Why Labour is calling for a political boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics
In a little over six months’ time, a global spotlight will fall on Beijing as the city plays…
The health and care bill is a chance to reinvigorate our NHS. We must seize it
The Conservative government introduced the health and social care bill a decade ago. I was working in the…
PM gives another ‘levelling up’ speech as Starmer launches summer tour
Boris Johnson will give a ‘major’ speech on his levelling up agenda this morning. But the address will…
To rebuild Labour’s broad electoral coalition, we need a renaissance
All successful political parties are a coalition. The Labour Party is no different. We have, for our 121-year…
It’s time the government moved from lofty climate change ambitions to action
Achieving net zero, whether by 2050 or hopefully sooner, will require a huge amount of change. How we…
PMQs: Starmer accuses Johnson of giving “green light” to racism
Boris Johnson rewrote history today, or at least tried to. Challenged over his refusal to condemn fans booing…
Covid has shown we need charity workers – and they need unions
Nobody can deny the impact and difficulties that the last year and a half has presented to all…
