How Islington has been working with the TUC to keep workers safe
The government’s laissez-faire easing of lockdown restrictions has truly shown whose side it is on – profit over…
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Jobs, jobs, jobs
Labour has been calling for a ‘back to work’ Budget focused on “jobs, jobs, jobs”, and it has…
The betrayal of the Make Poverty History generation
15 years ago today, I stood in The Meadows of Edinburgh as over a quarter of a million…
Labour’s plan for the economy must start in the town hall, not Whitehall
With nearly three million unemployed and rising, Labour needs an answer on the economy. The temptation will be…
The government’s new law on company takeovers is too little, too late
On June 23rd, a new law came into force giving the government the right to intervene to prevent…
How candidates slates for Labour’s NEC elections are shaping up
Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) elections are soon kicking off, and slates of candidates are being formed. The…
There is no ‘New Deal’. Just the same old Conservative deal – Build Back Better
Our ‘Build Back Better’ club acquired an application from a new aspiring member this week: welcome, Prime Minister. I…
The return to Bevinite principles in a new era of Labour foreign policy
The UK general election in December was momentous in many respects. It effectively sealed the country’s exit from…
“The unsung heroes of this crisis” – Starmer’s full speech to the LGA
Below is Keir Starmer’s speech to the Local Government Association conference today, in which he described councils as…
PMQs: Chaotic and dangerous “bluster” meets data-focused analysis
Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions session was all about the data for Keir Starmer. The Labour leader described the…
