‘The political cost of keeping Thames Water privatised’
Starmer spoke last week about “public ownership in the public interest” for British Steel and the King’s Speech…
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‘Listen first, act second and speak later – Labour and rural voters’
“Something rare happened in Norfolk this month. Labour gained a rural division in the Norfolk County Council elections.…
‘Learning Lessons’
Last week’s elections were catastrophic for Labour. We lost 1,500 Councillors in England. We failed to unseat the…
‘ After these Local Elections there can be no doubt: Labour’s future lies in electoral reform’
The writing is on the wall, for those willing to read it: Britain’s multi-party electorate is here to…
Labour must end the skilled worker visa ‘clock reset’ that traps migrant partners in bad relationships’
My friend (I’ll call her Maria) and her partner are both well-paid migrant professionals. Her partner got a…
‘Labour Didn’t Lose Lewisham on our Record – So What Went Wrong?’
It is a common misconception that England’s recent local elections resemble U.S. midterms. In reality, they are fundamentally…
‘A visitor levy is not just sensible — it is overdue’
Coastal communities have long embodied the joy and escape of a British summer holiday. Margate in my constituency…
‘Those who aspire to lead Labour must be clear about the party’s responsibilities to working people’
When I stood to be General Secretary of Usdaw, the trade union for retail and distribution workers, I…
‘Business, unions and civil society agree: it’s time for mandatory due diligence’
In 2015, the UK Modern Slavery Act (MSA), was world leading. Yet all it actually required of companies…
‘Skates faces an uphill climb. His first task is thus to dump the baggage’
Nostalgia abounds in reporting Labour’s collapse in Wales last Thursday. It is indeed the end of the first…
