‘Labour should take the Green threat seriously’
Just how worried should Labour be about the Greens? It is a question that Labour strategists are rightly…
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‘It’s time for Labour to consider EU membership’
As Chair of the Parliamentary Partnership Assembly, I know firsthand how far the UK-EU relationship has improved since…
‘Why it’s all worth it’
Sometimes things really do get better. Here in London, after so many years of austerity, and with local…
‘Labour’s youth wings are worth worrying about – and we should be worried’
Why worry about Labour’s youth wings? It’s a fair question. After all, with a new scandal in the…
‘Old New Labour habits die hard’
The New Labour government of 1997–2010 was very different from anything anyone had known before. They changed the…
‘We need to talk about the triple lock’
We are living through the most significant geopolitical realignment since the end of the Second World War. The rules-based international order my generation took for…
‘Labour must be noisier and bolder as it future proofs our energy system’
Since the blockade of Hormuz began, calls for the Government to permit new North Sea drilling licences have…
Paul Nowak column: ‘Working people in Britain must not pay the price for Trumpflation’
Over the past week new figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown that before Trump’s reckless…
‘When it comes to Heathrow expansion, it’s time to take off’
For over a decade, as Leader of Ealing Council, I navigated the Heathrow expansion debate with one eye…
‘What past public service reforms can – and should – teach this government’
Few incoming governments in recent decades have faced as dire a situation on public services as Labour did…
