The private sector always has a place in public services
My taxi driver the other morning, at around 6am on the way to the station, was telling me…
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Remploy: Again, disabled people are told they are “not viable”
Yesterday, after months and months of uncertainty, the Government announced that they would close 36 of its 54…
The Tory Masterplan: Labour’s Response
Tim Montgomerie had a fascinating post on ConservativeHome this week outlining the Tory plan to get themselves over…
February survey – last chance to vote
There’s less than 24 hours left to vote in our February “State of the Party” survey – it…
PMQS verdict: Slowly but surely, Ed Miliband is getting better at PMQs
A sombre PMQs this week, and as quiet as I’ve heard the chamber for some time. Unsurprising considering…
The gold I want to go for
My call for civil disobedience around the time of the Olympic Games caused a media storm last week. …
Michael Gove – Teflon Man
In 1991, a This Week special asked whether Kenneth Baker was ‘the Tories’ Teflon man’. 20 years later…
A referendum on Boris Johnson’s high fares policy
Ed Miliband today accused Boris Johnson of having ‘plundered’ the pockets of Londoners through his fare rises and…
Labour activists are being sent naked on to the doorstep
Ed Miliband was on the Victoria Derbyshire show today, and received a somewhat predictable roughing up. He was…
It’s not too late for the Chancellor to change course
Last night my Shadow Treasury team colleague Cathy Jamieson MP and I led a debate in the House…
