We’re challenging Westminster: local problems require local solutions
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Tory arrogance shows they don’t understand the next election
The election really isn’t very far away, and every day it is clearer what the choice before the…
Stop the Europhobes gambling with our country’s future
We live in an uncertain and unstable world, with more diverse threats and challenges than at any point in my adult…
Zero-hours contracts – a symptom of a wider broken economy
According to new ONS figures, nearly 700,000 people are on zero-hours contracts in their main job – a…
It is time for the Labour Party to rediscover its vocation: the fight against inequality and poverty
Just over 100 years ago the Fabian Society Women’s Group published a hugely influential report ‘Round About a…
PMQs Verdict – What do you mean you can’t live on seventy grand a year?
In recent days I’ve heard more than one commentator claim that MPs can’t afford to live on their…
Our abortion laws are not pro-choice – it’s time for that to change
On Monday night, Conservative backbencher Fiona Bruce’s attempt to amend the law by imposing an explicit ban on…
What yesterday’s nightmare says about voting Green at the election
Judge us on our policies – the Greens always say. So that’s what we should do. When the…
Labour-SNP converts: What do we know about them?
Much has been made of the SNP’s current poll lead in Scotland. They have been consistently and significantly…
This government have betrayed an entire generation
In recent weeks, I have been speaking with young people across the country as we prepare our manifesto…
