What a difference a date makes!
Last weekend I had the privilege of going to my first NPF conference. Now to some that might…
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Responses to the CSR
Mark Ferguson: Today’s parliamentary “festivities” started with Ed Miliband trying to strangle the Comprehensive Spending Review at birth,…
This is how Labour will respond to the CSR
The precise details of the Comprehensive Spending Review, due to be announced this afternoon, are not yet known…
Ken Clarke, Gordon Brown – and why Balls and Miliband are wrong to back Tory spending plans
Shortly after Labour’s landslide victory in 1997, for some perverse reason I invited Ken Clarke to attend one…
Revealed: The Tory Taliban’s Toxic Timetable
As we reported last week, the Tory right have decided that the best use of their time and…
Don’t forget the silent 40% – those who don’t vote
What would you do for money, a job or an ‘honest politician’? For some, that’s what they say…
Compass’s Alternative Plan for deficit reduction and the end of austerity
How does Labour win back economic credibility? It’s rightly been a hot topic of discussion for LabourList over…
Slowly but surely – Labour is edging towards renationalising the railways
Late last week, barely noticed by the media (or party activists for that matter), Labour took another significant…
Are you listening, Westminster?
What do Southend, Ramsgate, Grimsby and Blackpool have in common? Score a point if you say that they…
Balls and Miliband have begun to make the case for “good borrowing” – but they need to be bolder and louder about it
Only ten days ago I wrote for the Times Thunderer column, urging Labour to make the case for…
