‘I support assisted dying, but safeguards in Leadbeater’s bill aren’t strong enough’
At any point in my life so far if you had asked me if I support assisted dying,…
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Spending Review: ‘A poor hand played well, but is it enough to deliver change?’
This was an authentically Labour spending review. The spending limits were the product of Rachel Reeves’ wise decision…
Spending Review: ‘Keep your eye on the key test – boosting living standards’
Today’s spending review will serve many different purposes. Far from a dry accountancy exercise, it is dripping in…
‘Blue Labour is an explicit challenge to the neoliberal, capitalist consensus’
Blue Labour continues to garner attention and gain momentum as our party seeks to make sense of the…
Spending Review: ‘Will the PM keep his five missions front and centre?’
Spending reviews are a big moment in any government’s life. They set the spending totals for the following…
‘Six things to take away from Labour’s Hamilton by-election win’
Life feels very different for Scottish Labour this morning. The expectation-defying victory in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, is…
Bridget Phillipson writes: ‘I know what hunger is like. Our free school meals boost embodies Labour values’
Of all the many bitter legacies of the last Tory government, the huge number of children growing up…
Hamilton Holyrood by-election: ‘Why Reform’s rise in Scotland shouldn’t surprise anyone’
Scotland’s political landscape is experiencing an unexpected tremor – the curious rise in popularity of Nigel Farage’s Reform…
‘Instead of scrapping the two child benefit cap – invest in Sure Start’
Tackling child poverty is a necessity for a Labour government. Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would help do…
‘We can’t beat the Greens treating them like a naughty Labour faction’
For a long time, the Green Party was the party of Caroline Lucas and a scattering of councillors.…
