We must not make the same mistake with the Greens that we did with the Lib Dems
Given the extent to which UKIP has wrong-footed Labour (nationally we don’t seem to have decided yet whether…
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This government needs to fundamentally change the way it treats disabled people
By Stephen Timms and Kate Green Lord Freud’s now notorious suggestion that disabled people were not “worth” the…
We should make the case for the EU whenever we can, not just when we have to
Developments at an EU level have – yet again – caused outraged in the UK, after the European Commission…
After the referendum: devolution needs to apply to the Labour Party too
Now that conference season is over we all know our principle priority. The next seven months have…
More Arnie, less Axelrod
There’s a certain type of Westminster politico mindset that prefers Clinton ’92 to cold Clacton and Reagan ’84…
Fortune is favouring Labour, again. It’s time to take advantage
Right, let’s get this straight. You can’t say “swamped”, but “under siege” is ok. “Swamped” should have been replaced…
Why I am supporting ‘proper’ recall for MPs
The UKIP victory in this month’s Clacton by-election; the close shave for Labour in Heywood and Middleton and…
Our cities are crying out for power
It is clearer than ever that we need a Labour Government so that Labour’s New Deal for England…
Telling people to get better jobs is not an answer to the low pay crisis
I spoke to a woman recently who can’t afford to pay her rent anymore. She works, but lately…
Forgotten from the minimum wage debates, why Britain’s young workers need a pay rise
Last week, with tens of thousands of others, I joined the TUC’s Britain needs a pay rise march.…
