Why Fiona Woolf had to step down
Over the last few months my constituents and I have been left reeling by the shocking details of…
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Labour’s big step forward on devolution
By Dame Tessa Jowell MP; Cllr Jim McMahon, Leader of Oldham Council; Cllr Keith Wakefield, Leader of Leeds Council; Cllr Sharon Taylor,…
The London primary process is a wasted opportunity to engage more people
The Labour party has made the mistake of treating the primary election process in London as something to…
Why Miliband’s plans to scrap the Lords should be welcomed
Ed Miliband’s announcement of plans to replace the House of Lords with an elected Senate is welcome on…
Let’s meet London’s housing need
Meeting London’s housing need – it sounds like a simple idea, but it hasn’t happened for decades. If…
The debate about building ‘the homes we need’ has to go beyond numbers
Big numbers abound in housing debates and rightly so. Two-hundred thousand new homes – the number the Labour…
The mansion tax is a progressive tax and Labour in London should support it
For those of us who believe in progressive taxation the last few weeks in London Labour have been…
It’s time to put the Green Belt back on the table
The UK’s housing crisis has finally been recognised across the political spectrum as an issue that needs urgent…
5 things we learned from Labour’s PCC by-election victory
I was genuinely concerned that Labour might lose the South Yorkshire PCC by-election. In recent weeks local MPs…
Labour will treat disabled people with dignity and respect
Exactly a year ago when the last Remploy factories were closed, government ministers promised Remploy workers support to…
