I hope Andy Burnham has ruined my Christmas
For quite some time, every year I volunteered at Crisis – the homelessness charity that brings people in…
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‘Is Streeting changing Manchesterism — or is Manchesterism changing Streeting?’
When Wes Streeting abandoned his attempt to challenge Andy Burnham for the Labour leadership, he appeared to have…
‘The broken criminal justice system and the need for radical end-to-end reforms’
There can be no starker evidence of the crisis in criminal justice system than the early emergency release…
‘Powering the green transition without losing public consent’
A core mission of the UK Labour Government is to accelerate the shift towards renewable energy. This will…
‘On track, not offshore’
We are pleased that this Labour government, elected two years ago, has started to deliver on two of…
‘Cool Britannia?’
Over the last few months, we all know or have heard about a child being sent home from school because…
‘Under Labour, the NHS must treat overseas nurses as professionals – not numbers’
The NHS could not function without nurses recruited from overseas. Yet if Labour is serious about building a…
‘Kicking foreign nationals out of their council homes is illiberal, immoral and financially incoherent’
With weary predictability, the news drops of the Conservative Party’s latest attempt to outcompete Reform, on the questionable…
‘The Greens’ performative weekly litter picks let council failures go unchallenged’
Most people want clean streets and parks, and they recognise that maintaining public spaces is a vital public…
‘To learn from the flag debate we have to understand values’
Recent events in Birmingham illustrate the political trap that disputes over flags can create for Labour councils. The…
