A snap election, a new leader in Scotland and a “staggering” rise in membership – Alice Perry’s latest NEC report
Last weekend the national executive committee (NEC) met in Glasgow for our annual away-day. The first half was…
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We can detoxify the immigration debate by making fees on migrants more transparent
Last week’s Budget by Philip Hammond was a disappointment on several fronts. Britain faces another 17 long years of falling…
From Corbyn to Milburn our party sees how poverty and bad schools hit social mobility – so let’s fix them together
The question preoccupying politicians and journalists seems to be the current state of Britain. All roads seem to…
TUC: Tories using Brexit to play Russian roulette with people’s jobs and rights
We are moving towards the next stage of the Brexit negotiations, and the government needs to up its…
Sam Moore: Why the great Gordon Brown continues to be a moderniser even now
One of the things that helped Gordon Brown’s rise was a constant desire to modernise. When he was…
PMQs verdict: Thornberry triumphs as uneasy Mr Green turns into Mr Bean
“Oh, Emily Thornberry…” Could that be the chant one day sung over and over by Labour’s ranked mass…
Dan McCurry: How McDonnell can use the pound to help win nationalisation debate
Counterintuitive it may be, but the stock market will boom in response to John McDonnell’s nationalisation policies. The…
Glenys Thornton: Back the bill to stop renters being punished for being poor
It shouldn’t cost more to be poor. But it does. The poverty premium means poorer people end up…
Sarah Jones: Tory industrial strategy fails Britain on education and infrastructure
The big story from last week’s Budget was clear – there is little room for manoeuvre on the…
Is there a hard-left “purge of moderates” going on in the Labour Party?
An incendiary splash in today’s Times has brought to the fore what some in Labour have long claimed…
