Comment ‘Myth-busting the progressive illusion after local election results’ Following the local elections, some are claiming that progressive parties, particularly the Greens and the Liberal Democrats, are… Luke Akehurst MP 18th May, 2025, 6:00 am
Comment ‘The reset with the EU must be ambitious if we are to meet our economic, security and other objectives’ The UK-EU summit in London on 19 May will at last give us an indication of how ambitious… Richard Corbett 16th May, 2025, 3:00 pm
Comment ‘Tough talk isn’t enough. Labour’s real test on immigration is believability’ Keir Starmer’s speech on immigration today was the most direct signal yet that Labour is preparing to fight… Anna McShane 12th May, 2025, 1:17 pm
Analysis Immigration white paper: Starmer has the authenticity issue Miliband once had Labour unveiled a string of new policies this morning in the government’s immigration white paper, but the Prime… Tom Belger 12th May, 2025, 9:53 am
Analysis Starmer won targeting Red Wall voters. Now even their MPs rebel on winter fuel Targeting a particular kind of Red Wall voter was a key part of Labour’s strategy going into the… Daniel Green 7th May, 2025, 9:07 am
Comment ‘Labour must expose the gap between Reform’s local ambition and ability’ So the results are in, and we now have 677 new Reform councillors, and ten new Reform administrations… Eden Kulig 6th May, 2025, 6:00 am
News County Durham election: Labour loses 38 seats on another once-red council Labour has lost dozens of seats on Durham county council, in one of its worst results of the… Daniel Green 2nd May, 2025, 2:00 pm
Comment ‘The first AI culture war is here – and Labour could lose it’ While the world focuses on tariffs, a new culture war is forming, this time around AI. It has… Carolina Saludes 12th April, 2025, 6:00 am
News ‘If globalisation is over, Britain’s economy has been left dangerously exposed’ The Prime Minister has told the country that “the world has fundamentally changed”. It follows, then, that the… Jon Trickett MP 8th April, 2025, 2:25 pm
Comment ‘Polling tells us the obvious: Labour members don’t like what the government is doing’ Labour members are not particularly difficult to understand. They’re left wing and they’re liberal. They hated Brexit and… Morgan Jones 4th April, 2025, 2:00 pm