Stephen Timms: The cruelty of universal credit drove one woman almost to suicide
The universal credit roll-out was supposed to finish last month. A green paper published by the Department for…
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Sex harassment claims show why MPs’ staff must be granted union recognition – Watson’s letter to Commons watchdog
This is the full letter sent by Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy leader, to Marcial Boo, chief executive of…
Welsh Labour must retain the electoral college that has brought socialism and success to our great nation
This month sees the close of Welsh Labour’s consultation on the new rules for selecting the leader and…
Gordon Brown: Why bank bail-out put me on brink of quitting… and how Fred Goodwin was stuck in denial
This is the latest extract from the introduction to Gordon Brown’s memoir, My Life, Our Times, which is published…
Virendra Sharma: Heathrow will be a green and quiet source of employment and skills for a successful London
Last week the government confirmed that it is now more urgent than ever to expand Heathrow, and they…
Put aside party political interest to tackle sex pest claims – Dawn Butler letter to PM
Dear Prime Minister Re: Sexual harassment and abuse in Parliament I am writing after the various newspaper reports…
The Tories need Brexiteer Boris – but Labour knows he could destroy his party
Labour MPs appearing on the media have recently experienced a welcome change. Rather than being asked about divisions…
Lisa Nandy: Boosting Britain’s towns could rebalance economy and put JC in No 10
A full four years before the EU referendum the academic Rob Ford coined the phrase “left behind” to…
Gordon Brown memoir: When I woke up in Downing Street one morning I knew something was very wrong with my vision
This is an extract from the introduction to Gordon Brown’s memoir, My Life, Our Times, which is published on…
Gordon Brown memoir: We won the battle to escape recession but we lost the war to build something better
This is an extract from the introduction to Gordon Brown’s memoir, My Life, Our Times, which is published…
