Ministers should set out a clear roadmap to help SMEs transition to net zero
This week Labour launched a series of net zero small business roundtables, the first of which I hosted…
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The Tory U-turn on sewage was weak: Labour’s clean water plan is needed
The government is mired in muck. Not just political corruption, sleaze and scandal, but – due to some…
Threat of failure looms over COP26 as Glasgow climate summit enters final day
Ed Miliband is worried about failure at COP26. The chief aim of the climate summit was ‘keeping 1.5…
Lots of things are going wrong at COP26. Here’s where there has been success
Yes! There are lots of things going wrong at COP26. And it is tempting to recite a litany…
Are Taiwo Owatemi and Zarah Sultana under threat of deselection?
Labour Coventry MPs Taiwo Owatemi and Zarah Sultana are at risk of deselection, according to a BBC report…
Tower Hamlets: How we’re working to tackle racial inequality in our borough
At Tower Hamlets Council, we are taking bold action to tackle racial inequality, investing £1.5m into a new…
Why university staff voted to strike and what it means for the labour movement
Across universities, the results are in: we are going to strike for better pay, proper pensions and decent…
Johnson tries to hold back the tide as criticism threatens MPs’ second jobs
“What on earth must Geoffrey Cox’s constituents think?” Labour’s Thangam Debbonaire has asked. Cox himself says he is…
The second jobs row is an opportunity for Labour, but not a clear open goal
Boris Johnson is having a bad couple of weeks. The Owen Paterson row, which saw him eventually step…
We must reverse the trend of British Indian voters leaving Labour for the Tories
In recent days, Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world have celebrated Diwali. For us, this is one…
