‘Manchesterism must reach beyond the city regions’
Economic growth was the central mission of Labour’s 2024 manifesto. It was the change Labour was elected to…
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‘How should Labour answer the immigration numbers question?’
Does Labour think that immigration to Britain should be lower? The party found the question hard to answer…
‘Labour’s public service reform plans lack clarity – and risk derailment as a result’
The crisis in public services is visible to every British citizen. Waiting lists, crumbling buildings, exhausted staff. All…
LGA Labour chief Nesil Caliskan: Party election machine ‘best it’s ever been’
“If an election was called tomorrow, as a member of the national executive committee, I feel confident that…
‘Decency, wisdom and wry humour’: Tributes paid to Alistair Darling
Tributes have been paid by leading politicians to the “decency”, “wry humour” and “wisdom” of the former Labour…
‘We’re drowning here’: Nottingham, the latest Labour council facing the abyss
Another week, another reminder of the grim local government legacy Labour may inherit as another council issues a…
Firms say Labour gives high streets ‘hope’ but ‘does not have all the answers’
High street experts have welcomed Labour’s plans for the sector as bringing a “sense of hope” but expressed…
UBI and a four-day week: ‘We should re-order how we work and live’
At the start of the pandemic, I wrote a piece about a four-day week and a universal basic…
Ed Miliband on £28bn rowback claim: ‘Don’t believe everything you read’
With the Tories doubling down on anti-green attacks, Ed Miliband gave Labour’s ‘green jobs and lower bills’ messaging…
Wellingborough PPC: ‘I cut short my honeymoon to win this by-election’
I was on day four of my honeymoon in Suffolk when I got the call to say Peter…
Andy Burnham floats overhauling inheritance tax and a basic income
Andy Burnham has said “there is an argument for a basic income” and proposed overhauling inheritance tax to…
