‘The UK must invest well to invest for good’
The investment system is a public good. Its social duty is to channel money that ordinary UK citizens…
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‘A Labour budget for Labour voters’
The Chancellor was given an impossible task this month. Delivering a difficult Budget as one of the least…
‘Beyond the Budget Labour must inspire the communitarian mainstream’
As the dust settles on the Budget, the Chancellor’s new fiscal headroom might also create some political space…
‘Labour puts down the Ming vase and picks up the bat’
Since Keir Starmer was elected Labour leader, the party’s entire political strategy has been that of the ming…
‘Day one rights were promised – Labour must deliver them’
The cost of living crisis has pushed millions of workers to the brink, and the government’s own figures…
‘To deliver day-one rights, unions like mine chose strategy over stalemate’
Perhaps the strangest perception of trade unions that exists in the modern media landscape is that we are…
‘Ending the two-child limit: A victory for decency—and a turning point for Labour’
Voters have been crying out for change for years. They have been increasingly frustrated with the slow pace…
‘Do the public want Labour to “Build, baby, build”?”
At the Labour Party Conference earlier in September, we saw Housing Minister Steve Reed handing out bright red…
Ben Cooper column: ‘Cost of living will decide Labour’s fate in ‘sea wall’ communities
At the last election, Labour won an unprecedented victory across the ‘Sea Wall’, a group of 105 coastal…
‘Higher gambling tax at last’
The Chancellor has finally delivered long overdue increases in gambling tax. This follows a flawed Treasury consultation that…
