Labour should borrow more than John Smith’s charter for employment rights
Listening last week to our Shadow Employment Rights Secretary, Andy McDonald, setting out the party’s vision on workers’…
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Momentum: The left is having a tough time, but we’re looking at the big picture
It has been over 18 months since the general election defeat and over a year since Keir Starmer…
What is Open Labour, the faction for those who claim not to be factional, for?
The point of internal Labour organisations is to influence the party’s policy or culture in a chosen direction.…
Labour’s political strategy: age, assets and the politics of work
The victory in the Batley and Spen by-election bought the Labour Party some welcome breathing space. But what…
Our plans to improve procurement will create quality jobs and raise standards
Over the last week, Labour has been setting out our new deal for working people. By boosting quality…
The new strategy for disabled people is a long way off the one we were promised
Disabled people were promised a bold, transformative new national strategy – but what we got was far from…
TUC: Labour’s new employment rights policies are popular and much-needed
There is a gaping hole where the government’s employment rights policies should be. But while ministers continue to…
The Labour left can no longer afford to ignore Blue Labour
Of the many tragic missed opportunities over the last five years, the failure to build a political bridge…
Starmer challenges Tories to match Welsh date for ending ‘pingdemic’
Keir Starmer has challenged the UK Conservative government today to match the August 7th ‘pingdemic’-ending date announced by…
Boris Johnson’s ‘crime week’: a series of rehashed announcements and gimmicks
Is that it? The government’s ‘crime week’, coming a few weeks after Boris Johnson’s set-piece ‘levelling up’ speech,…
