Labour must be the party for the socially excluded
This week David Cameron announced an extension of the Troubled Families programme. Since then, the right wing press…
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Young people are political, we need to show them politics is worth their time
Energetic. Ambitious. Optimistic. Passionate. Working with young people for nearly a decade taught me they’re the most likely…
Labour’s London bias causes more harm than we realise
Yesterday’s National Executive Committee (NEC) election results was yet another confirmation of a London bias in the Labour…
The reality behind IDS’s unemployment figures
Figures released earlier this month by the Office for National Statistics show the number of people unemployed falling…
Labour shouldn’t increase National Insurance contributions to fund the NHS
What’s safer, more appealing and more likely to guarantee electoral victory than the clinical and antiseptic interpretation of…
To get young people involved in politics, we have to make sure they’re registered to vote
To win next year, Labour must attract and motivate young voters. That’s why Ed Miliband has asked Ivan…
We need Graf and Grafters
As my colleague Conor has pointed out, there is quite a lot of good news coming out of…
Will the Tory MP who wants to charge patients to use the NHS debate me?
Earlier this week, Channel 4’s “Dispatches” asked if we are addicted to our doctors. It highlighted the increasing…
Free information and free broadband – business policies of the future?
Us folk in business are a straightforward lot. Yes, we like big picture ideas and visions of the…
If we want to engage young people, we need to change
It is actually possible to transform the landscape of youth engagement in politics. It’s an incredible injustice that…
