Labour defeats Zack Polanski in Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Labour has held Keir Starmer’s former constituency in a by-election, comfortably defeating Green leader Zack Polanski. Camden council…
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The Work Programme – A bad deal for ESA
Another quarter of Work Programme data released today paints a similar picture to the last: reasonable job outcomes…
Is there such thing as a populist, compassionate immigration policy?
Labour’s strategy on immigration – at worst – appears to be to stay silent and hope no one…
It’s about the people
Last year, my last post before the Christmas break was a paean to love. I was reflecting a…
Spending and the language of priorities (or why the Left should want a zero-based spending review)
The “zero-based” spending review, which has been in the works within the party for quite some time but…
Think all politicians all the same? Watch the food banks debate and think again
Anyone who says politicians are all the same would be well advised to watch yesterday’s opposition day debate…
Labour should support the government’s action on slavery – by radically amending their new bill
Earlier this week, the Home Secretary published a draft bill that aims to strengthen the UK’s response. Yet while…
PMQs Verdict: Bah Humbug
Merry Christmas one and all, said the speaker as PMQs began. Of course he didn’t – that was…
Ed Balls will be Shadow Chancellor going into the next election – says Ed Miliband
So there’s been plenty of chatter today after a piece in The Sun(£) (backed up by those always…
Gordon Brown says the world is “stumbling toward the next crash”
In an article for the New York Times, Gordon Brown has ward that the next financial crash is…
Poll shows public critical of government over food poverty
Today Labour MPs are preparing to vote in an opposition day debate on food banks – and a…
