‘Our regional theatres are engines of growth. Labour should help them thrive’
Growing up in Norfolk, where my mother ran the local arts centre in King’s Lynn, I saw the…
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In defence of Progress
I went to Bournemouth yesterday to speak at the Unison conference. The top concern of delegates is the…
It’s time for Progress to be brought into the sunlight and examined for what it is
I had the pleasure to attend the recent Labour Party National Policy forum – and it has to…
A historic milestone for Young Labour
This weekend will mark a milestone in Young Labour’s history. Winning the right to decide our own policy…
O-levels? Keep calm and carry on…
The ubiquity of “Keep Calm and Carry On” and its off-shoot slogans has long since robbed them of…
Why the Union/Labour link is important
The link between trade unions like UNISON and the Labour Party is often described as historic. That is…
Cameron is in a whole heap of trouble – mostly of his own making
It’s a basic rule of politics that you need to secure your base. Without a sound platform of…
The real cost of regional public sector pay
Yesterday my Shadow Cabinet Colleague, the Shadow Secretary of State for Government Margaret Curran, and I led a…
Hey! Gove! Leave them kids alone!
GCSEs aren’t easy. There. I’ve said it. Every year they are mocked, the achievements of young people are…
Basic human needs are NOT luxuries to be rationed
Yesterday’s unemployment figures make grim reading: the last quarter has seen 39,000 public sector jobs cut, bringing public…
