‘Why Keir Starmer should embrace populism ahead of the next election’
According to Tom Baldwin, Keir Starmer’s biographer, the Labour Prime Minister, “likes to think decisions through and sometimes…
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‘A few simple measures that could help boost the public’s trust in politics’
Events of the last few years have seen a rapid decline in trust, with recent findings from the…
Gloria De Piero on Lou Haigh: ‘This feisty reformer can teach us all something’
The Rail Public Ownership Bill received royal assent on Thursday. If that was my friend Louise Haigh’s only…
‘The PM’s speech is welcome. Too often activists want to sidestep immigration’
I have become accustomed to reading the annual release of immigration statistics with the accompanying feeling that I…
Keir Starmer immigration speech: Read full transcript as Prime Minister slams Tories’ ‘open borders experiment’
When we came into office – we immediately conducted an audit of public finances and we found a…
‘I’m an ex-hospice nurse with long-term conditions. I don’t want to die in pain’
I’ve just retired after almost 45 years of nursing, much of which has been spent caring for people…
Assisted dying bill: ‘Oregon is no assisted dying utopia’
Supporters of my colleague Kim Leadbeater’s Bill to legalise assisted dying/suicide are well-intentioned but have been unable to…
Local government reforms: ‘Bigger authorities aren’t always better, for voters or for Labour’s chances’
The imminent publication of the English devolution white paper will offer us a sense of the incoming government’s…
‘Farmer protests and Reform’s threat loomed large at Welsh conference – but threats remain on the left too’
The Welsh Labour Party is worried about Reform; that was my main takeaway from a weekend in Llandudno…
‘Online crime must be included in the Home Secretary’s policing reforms’
In a speech at the annual conference hosted by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and Association for Police…
