How we made Labour gains in Kent at the May 2021 elections
In what was a challenging set of results for Labour, in Kent we bucked the trend. We made…
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Where’s the employment bill? A missed opportunity to deliver for our workers
In the Queen’s Speech today, the government laid out its agenda for the year ahead. Despite many promises…
The centre left and the radical left need each other. Neither can win on its own
Britain may be an island, but it is not its own planet. Our economy, culture and political system…
Hancock remains vague on care reforms as MPs prepare for Queen’s Speech
Keir Starmer goes head-to-head with Boris Johnson today. Parliament is set to open for a new session with…
Let’s cultivate the red shoots of recovery in the South on our way back to power
There can be no denying that many of the local election results were disappointing for our party. The…
What we can learn from the success of Welsh Labour in the ‘Covid election’
In an article following the 2019 general election, I described that contest as the ‘Brexit election’. In the…
What does Keir Starmer’s reshuffle mean for dynamics within the Labour Party?
Parts of Keir Starmer’s reshuffle started to leak just before 10pm last night, and the whole new team was…
Schrödinger’s sacking: Overshadowed by infighting, Labour wins go uncelebrated
After a devastating defeat in Hartlepool, another heavy one in the Tees Valley mayoral race and council losses across England, the…
The Alternative Queen’s Speech: How to build a fairer, healthier, greener Britain
The pandemic has exposed inequality and insecurity, and made us re-evaluate what is most important to us. It…
The Drakeford effect: Welsh Labour outperforms expectations in Senedd
Update, 2pm: Counting has now finished in the Senedd election. Labour is the largest party with 30 seats,…
