Tom Copley: Tory ministers behind the curve on regulating Airbnb economy
The huge growth in the sharing economy has caught the government on the back foot and radically transformed…
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John Denham: Haringey is a factional battle – but NEC ruling reflects Labour’s long tradition of centralisation
The Labour national executive committee (NEC) intervention into Haringey, and the resignation of council leader Clare Kober, have…
Rory Palmer: I’ll use my time in Brussels to ensure we can all talk about mental health
Today is Time to Talk Day – a day where people across the country are encouraged to have…
John Spellar: City short-termism cons the taxpayer and is bad for British business
Carillion’s collapse shows the need for strong regulators to prevent unsustainable businesses from leeching off taxpayer, writes John…
PMQs verdict: Thornberry whacks Lidders in battle of the big-hitting deputies
If Theresa May is the Geoffrey Boycott of prime minister’s questions, batting away deliveries in a relentlessly dour…
Lisa Nandy: The lesson from Attlee is that Labour needs more than “one last heave”
This is the full speech given by Wigan MP Lisa Nandy at a Resolution Foundation event alongside Unite…
Tories have delivered Brexit chaos and record slump in living standards – Len McCluskey on car manufacturing shock
This is the full response published by Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, after car production fell for…
Louise Haigh: Why we need FOI laws to cover the shadow state of outsourcing
Those in power have had a long and difficult relationship with freedom of information. And, like much that…
Luke Akehurst: Momentum’s hubris carries the seeds of their own destruction
It’s only been two weeks since Momentum won a decisive extra three seats on Labour’s NEC but the…
Kate Green: Labour must listen to Varoufakis over soft Brexit
A packed meeting of the Labour Campaign for the Single Market last night heard from the perhaps somewhat…
