‘Defence spending alone will not keep Britain secure’
Climate security is no longer a distant or abstract concern. It is shaping the price of food, the…
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‘Healey and Carns are gone. Labour must finally get serious about national security’
There is no sugarcoating it: the resignations of both John Healey and Al Carns is a major, and…
‘There are no geographical boundaries on good ideas’
The past few weeks have seen an important debate about the future direction of the Labour Party and…
‘Britain’s industrial strategy must start in places like Cornwall – not Whitehall’
If you spend enough time in Westminster, you start to notice a pattern. Whenever Britain talks about industrial…
‘To win support in places like Makerfield we need to abolish Council Tax’
You don’t need me to tell you that the results of the local elections were tough for Labour…
‘Building an NHS that is truly fit for the future’
Like people right across the country, I owe so much to the NHS. It helped me overcome a…
So you want to be PM? Advice to leadership hopefuls from a former civil servant
I joined the civil service in 2014, went on a career break in 2023, and resigned last year.…
‘On ‘big tech’ good regulation helps good growth’
Labour is gripped by a leadership debate centred on a perceived tension between stimulating economic growth and tackling…
‘Identity matters: Why ‘Just For Scotland’ is starting the conversation about an independent Scottish Labour Party’
Writing in early 2020, the words of Monica Lennon (MSP 2016-26) now feel prophetic. “In Scotland, the party…
‘Labour must take up the challenge on endometriosis’
“I believe this country has, for far too long, faced not only a problem of everyday sexism but…
