It’s time Labour joined the world in fighting climate change
Late last night, when the announcement came, it was justifiably called “historic”. The United States and China reached…
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We are going back to the bad old days of a Government failing to invest in the NHS
It’s been two months and it was sadly predictable. If you close two out of nine A&E departments…
What might Labour’s new public services agenda look like?
Since losing power Labour has thrown off the New Labour fixation with markets and top-down centralisation and embraced…
Sturgeon is about to become our fifth First Minister but no one knows what her Government’s policies will be
In a matter of days, Nicola Sturgeon will become Scotland’s fifth First Minister. She will take on responsibility…
An end to cold homes
Britain is facing an energy bill crisis, with millions of people struggling to heat their homes. Under the Tories,…
What Labour need to do to deliver on housing
For a government that is supposedly all about “Localism”, it’s ironic that the Coalition’s chief planning reforms have…
Labour needs to shout louder when it comes to international LGBT rights
Over 80 jurisdictions around the world criminalise same-sex sexual relations between consenting adults. Punishments range from short prison…
Miliband makes his pitch to British business – and it turns out there’s plenty they might like
Ed Miliband is off to speak to the CBI today. After half a week of public angst over…
Does anybody actually want to win?
Here’s what the Conservatives have done recently: Announced £7bn of unfunded tax cuts in their continued quest to…
How a Labour government could close the gender pay gap
Last week I wrote three blogs about the gender pay gap. One day after the other I wrote…
