Two in five voters open to voting Labour at general election, poll reveals
More than two in five voters would consider backing Labour at a general election, polling shared exclusively with…
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The dangers of safety-first
Amid all the attention given to Nigel Farage’s victory in last week’s European elections, the weakness of the…
The sleeping disconnected just woke up, and their concerns have still not been addressed
The sleeping disconnected just woke up. Again. If you believe the BBC, UKIP are on a whirlwind of…
Mandelson’s advice for victory: fewer promises, more policies
Peter Mandelson has penned the diary column for this week’s Spectator, and takes the opportunity to offer some…
Battle for the sunshine
Elections generally take place in Spring. Now it may not feel like it much today (it’s grey and…
Reeves looks to bring 1.5 million low-paid workers into workplace pensions
In a speech to the Resolution Foundation this morning, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Rachel…
Tremors in Eastleigh, but no earthquake – thanks to Ed
A strange and largely unremarked result, certainly unremarked on the BBC coverage, came about in Eastleigh last week;…
UKIP’s success in Essex shows the scale of our challenge
Last Thursday was a dark day for progressives in South Essex. It was supposed to be a day…
Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe steps down
Gerry Sutcliffe, Labour MP for Bradford South, has announced that he will be standing down at the next…
Weekly Survey: How did we do in the elections? Who will win in 2015?
Labour won the most votes, the most seats and made the most gains in last week’s local elections,…
The challenge for Labour on immigration is what to say, not how loudly to say it
For months, everybody thought it would be the Conservatives who would be panicking about UKIP. But Conservative nerves…
