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Labour must insist that social care is a priority
Social care debates have not had the time in Parliament that the issues warrant. The Dilnot Commission delivered…
WTNML: Open up the income tax system
Over the next week, we’re going to be posting articles as part of a series taking at look…
Average at best from Miliband in 2011
Ed Miliband’s performance was Average to Poor in 2011 – that’s the verdict of LabourList readers in our…
High hopes and expectations (and fears) for 2012
2011 didn’t have much to write home about for politics in general. Europe’s political elite – politicians of…
What did Boris Johnson’s aide mean by this?
Today was Ken Livingstone’s “Fair Deal” campaign day. This afternoon Boris Johnson aide Einy Shah tweeted this: The…
2012 must be the year of the shadow cabinet
Ed Miliband didn’t have a great 2011 – despite the image that might have been given in his New Year…
Labour MP questions gun licence rules after shooting
Livingstone repeats debate challenge in letter to Johnson
Where now for Labour on welfare?
Leaked quotes from a future speech by Liam Byrne – in which he denounces the ‘evil’ of‘scrounging’ – have caused…
My New Year’s Resolutions for a year in local government
Around this time last year I asked around for some suggested New Year’s Resolutions. Amongst some anguished cries…
