Labour needs a more radical narrative – or face political irrelevance
Earlier this week the Labour Party published a policy programme – a 29 page statement of intent. The…
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Changing Britain Together: Building homes
For millions of people across the country, buying a decent home at a price they can afford is…
The Lima summit has shown that pressure on tackling climate change is coming from new sources
At long last – and many years later than should have been the case – there appears to…
Young people’s mistrust of government should worry Labour
This week I attended the British Election Study conference with my colleagues at Class. It was in…
We need to offer more than just a slightly kinder state
Ed Miliband’s speech on the deficit confirmed what we all knew. Labour will not sweep aside austerity. We…
Poor coordination, broken models: why even traffic is political
I am writing this column sitting in a traffic jam in Dhaka, the car-crammed capital city of Bangladesh.…
We don’t need fairer austerity, we need to get rid of it
Today’s announcement by our Party leader on our deficit reduction plan is somewhat misguided. We don’t need milder…
The fragile franchise just got weaker
Sometimes it’s not good to be right. I and several others have been concerned for some time on…
Changing Britain Together: Better-balanced growth and more high-skilled, better paid jobs
Earlier this year, I visited the AbCam in Cambridge – which of course if one of Labour’s target…
We need rent controls to help solve London’s housing crisis
The words “rent control” are anathema to housing policy wonks and Westminster politicians. They react rather as a…
