Columnist ‘Securonomics, Heevesianism… why you won’t find Labour’s vision in buzzwords’ Thirty years ago, Gordon Brown was being ridiculed for his reference to “Post Neo-Classical Endogenous Growth Theory” –… Aveek Bhattacharya 14th May, 2024, 2:32 pm
News Local elections: Is Labour’s breakthrough in Leave areas really what it seems? Labour may not have healed the electoral wounds of Brexit as much as its breakthrough in a string… Daniel Green & Tom Belger 11th May, 2024, 10:00 am
News Watch and read Starmer’s speech on his small boats plan in Elphicke’s seat Keir Starmer has today unveiled Labour’s latest proposals to reduce small boat crossings, pledging to end the Tories’… Katie Neame 10th May, 2024, 7:50 am
Comment ‘Labour can cement its Blue Wall gains by seizing the one-nation, moderate baton’ In so many senses, Labour has found itself in an unexpectedly positive position. From leading by 20-plus points… Steve O'Neil 10th May, 2024, 7:30 am
News Read Tory MP Natalie Elphicke’s defection statement as backlash grows Tory MP for Dover and Deal Natalie Elphicke has announced she is quitting the Conservative party and joining… Tom Belger 8th May, 2024, 12:04 pm
Comment ‘In facing up to the country’s problems, Labour needs to draw the line with the Conservatives on tax and spend’ The Conservatives’ slide into electoral gloom has been borne out by the local elections. The Tories lack political… Karl Pike 6th May, 2024, 7:00 am
Local elections 2024 Thurrock election results 2024: Labour wins council in Leave-voting target seat Labour has won control in Thurrock council in Essex, in a significant achievement for the party in a… Tom Belger 3rd May, 2024, 2:26 am
Comment Tom Baldwin: ‘What Blackpool’s deckchairs can tell us about its by-election’ Ten years ago, Blackpool council sold off its entire stock of 6,000 municipal deckchairs, claiming the holidaymakers who… Tom Baldwin 2nd May, 2024, 9:30 am
Comment ‘Why Jamie Driscoll’s campaign should give Labour pause for thought’ With just a few days to go, the race to elect a new mayor of the North East… Jim Blagden 1st May, 2024, 7:00 am
News John Curtice warns Labour’s pre-election caution could be its ‘undoing’ in power Labour’s caution ahead of the general election could be its “undoing” if it enters government, limiting its “freedom… Katie Neame 30th April, 2024, 7:30 am