Labour need to go further on the National Minimum Wage, say LabourList readers
At the start of the week, Alan Milburn the former Labour minister who now chairs the commission on…
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Britain needs to renegotiate its relationship with the real world
British politics is peculiarly dominated by the relationship between this country and the rest of the world. Margaret…
McFadden’s appointment comes at a time of big opportunity for Labour on Europe
Pat McFadden is taking over the Europe brief just at the time when the issue can work in…
The Next Portillo Moment
Undoubtedly the highlight of election night ‘97 was seeing Labour record the unlikeliest of victories where I live…
The business backlash against Tory EU exit plans
It’s not just José Manuel Barroso who has warned David Cameron that his party is taking the wrong…
Setting out an agenda for fixing Britain’s broken workplaces
The Smith Institute’s new report ‘Making Work Better’, published today, sets out an alternative agenda for a new…
David Cameron’s efforts to prove how much he loves the NHS reveal how little he understands it
This week I was tempted to write about the fact that UKIP have befriended a holocaust denier in…
PMQs review: Miliband lands punch on NHS as leaders go through the motions
Here we are again. Another week, another Wednesday, and another wrangle between Cameron and Miliband about the NHS.…
There is no such thing as a safe seat any more
A couple of weeks ago saw the UK elect for the first time a UKIP MP – Douglas…
We must tackle Ukip’s emotional appeal
The result in Heywood and Middleton may have shocked some people, but not all. Some warned this could…
