Why MPs should vote against next week’s amendment on sex-selective abortion
Next week, MPs will have the chance to ‘clarify’ the law to definitively ban sex-selective abortions in the…
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Labour should be wary of the new Tory modernisers
In 1999, Philip Gould published his tome on the modernisation of the Labour Party, The Unfinished Revolution. The…
Will Labour commit to spending 2% of GDP on defence?
Labour activists don’t knock doors on a Saturday morning to argue for more money for bombs. No party…
Labour’s apprenticeship guarantee is a clear move forward – but what about low pay?
This week Labour are continuing to walk down the path on which they first tread last week: they’re…
Labour’s industrial policy shows they get how to transform the economy
It was great to see Ed Miliband outline Labour’s industrial policy yesterday and put it at the heart…
Only the rich benefit from Tory policy
The recent revelations about the Tories’ latest fundraising activity could genuinely have come straight from a political satire…
As he prepares to leave Parliament, we should all remember David Hamilton’s story
When I first heard that Labour MP David Hamilton was standing down after 14 years as MP for…
Labour is the only real party of Wales
Swansea is a city I know well, it is the city of my birth and where I worked…
We need to change the welfare debate
There can be no doubt, among the major concerns of people on the doorsteps is benefits and who’s…
A year of high stakes for pay packets
As the general election hurtles towards us, this year’s Fair Pay Fortnight provides a timely reminder of what a…
