‘No young person should be locked out of participation’
Across my career, I have watched children’s trajectories form earlier than most people realise. By the time a…
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‘Labour is building a visible, accountable and confident state’
I teach my three-year-old about politics by pointing at the Greater Manchester buses – bright yellow, bee logo…
‘Making policy for people – Burnham v Farage’
Governments succeed when policy starts with real lives rather than abstract ideology. Too often Westminster only notices social…
‘The heat is on. And Labour must embed national preparedness across society’
This heatwave has brought with it the hottest temperatures of any May day since records began. Amber health…
‘Prove to under 40s you don’t hate us: a humble plea to any Labour leadership hopefuls’
Prove to under 40s You Don’t Hate Us: A Humble Plea to the Future Labour Leadership Candidates on…
‘Labour must seize the moment and ban social media for under 16s’
It is thanks to whistleblowers that we know that tobacco companies knew their products were addictive and harmful,…
‘The moral foundations of Scottish Labour’s Flip-Flop-Flip’
Less than two years ago, 916,000 people in Scotland voted Labour. In May 2026, roughly 460,000 did. About…
‘Labour must show Britain is no longer open for dirty money’
At least £325 billion of illicit finance flows through the UK every single year. Pause on that figure…
‘Patriotism and nation-building must be at the heart of Labour’s values story’
In his resignation speech, Wes Streeting invoked ‘a confident British patriotism, decent, fair-minded, internationalist, bound together in common…
A reformed House of Lords can save the Union’
In December 2022, the BBC reported that House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, despite being himself a…
