Want to improve children’s health? Start with the parents
This piece was commissioned by guest editor Jon Ashworth. Recently I’ve been feeling grateful that I trained as a…
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Mike Hill: For jobs in Northern coastal towns, create supercharged free ports
Hartlepool, like many other Northern, traditionally Labour towns, voted for Brexit. After years of under-investment and not enough…
Yasmin Qureshi: Our justice system is being brought to its knees by Tory cuts
You may not know, but the government is undertaking a substantial courts reform program that will fundamentally change…
Labour should prepare for the 2019 European elections
The news that the Electoral Commission has set aside an £829,000 contingency budget for a possible European parliamentary election next…
Labour members reject minute’s silence for Tessa Jowell
Members of a local Labour party refused to participate in a minute’s silence to observe the passing of…
My journey to become deputy mayor of Lambeth shows London is a land of opportunity
Last week I was grateful to be chosen by my Labour comrades to be the next deputy mayor…
Labour’s National Education Service should finally herald the abolition of the 11-plus
When Theresa May first began pushing her plans for a new generation of grammar schools, she managed to…
Is the Lewisham East by-election a “stitch-up”?
Heidi Alexander has left parliament to take up a job in City Hall. The race for her safe…
Regional NEC places will help Labour represent the working class
I am standing to be a member of Labour’s national executive committee, alongside Luke Akehurst, Johanna Baxter, Jasmin…
Gareth Thomas calls for a ‘People’s Vote’ on the terms of Brexit
Today Labour’s Gareth Thomas tabled a ten minute rule bill that, if passed, would enable a “People’s Vote”…
