Sharon Hodgson: Labour will always stand up for children with special educational needs
Since the Government announced its Schools White Paper last month, focus has been on their ham-fisted plans for the…
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Labour must view immigration as a political opportunity rather than an obstacle
In 2014, the last reliable figures that take ethnicity into account, there were 790,000 Poles living in the UK.…
Luke Akehurst: There is no moral obligation not to criticise Corbyn
The lengthy piece by Danny Dorling published last week deserves a detailed reply. He starts by saying: “It is…
Thatcher wanted the ‘managed decline’ of Merseyside. I want to manage its renaissance
Back in the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher’s government came close to writing off Merseyside. There was a serious conversation…
It’s not the shared economy, stupid – but it does require a collective response
It is often described as the sharing economy. It sounds very cuddly. All of us on a patchwork…
Patronising people with patriotism will not win 2020
Labour will need to win over the socially conservative voters of today in win in 2020 – but…
Dave Hill: Sadiq must mould the mayoralty into a Labour success story
Sadiq Khan’s victory in the London Mayor election three weeks ago has been rightly hailed as a triumph…
The long read: Why Corbyn’s moral clarity could propel him to Number 10
It is accepted wisdom that for a party to be elected in a first past the post two-party…
Naushabah Khan: We feel pride in our country so let’s use this to tackle Labour’s “Englishness problem”
The reality of last year’s general election is that Labour’s failure to secure a victory in an England, suffering…
Rachel Reeves: Queen’s Speech showed the typical Tory failure on pensions and infrastructure
Yesterday in Parliament we voted on the Government’s programme of legislation for the year ahead, as set out…
