‘Labour must set our own terms on defence – not have them written for us’
If you wanted to find out what Labour thinks about defence, you could learn more from the pages…
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‘The final Timms report is Labour’s chance to get PIP reform right’
Andy Burnham has more than a couple of knotty issues in his in-tray and another one will soon…
‘Reindustrialisation is fiscal discipline in action’
The bond markets are sending us a warning. We should listen to it. But we also need to…
‘Labour must be ambitious enough to restore what we’ve lost’
What would a more ambitious approach to nature recovery look like? Well, in some parts of Britain, it…
‘Build more homes, cap rents: Burnham’s housing test’
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has two years to make a real change in people’s lives, and his first…
‘Our money, our voice: devolving Britain’s pension power’
Andy Burnham has promised to rewire Britain by pushing power outwards from Whitehall to places and people across…
‘Lead is still harming British children. Why aren’t we screening for it?
There is a hidden threat in and around many British homes that wouldn’t even occur to most of…
Ben Cooper column: ‘End the slum landlord subsidy’
Every year, the state must rent thousands of homes for people in desperate need. Councils are required to…
‘Unravelling the spaghetti: How Labour is fixing public transport’
I like to think of myself as a considerate person, though I do have one little naughty dream.…
‘MPs must give babies a voice in Parliament on September 4’
Babies are too often invisible in politics. They can’t tell us when support around their family is missing.…
