I’m guest editing the New Statesman – and I’m asking for your Labour manifesto proposals
By Alastair Campbell As you may be aware, I recently bowed to the democratic demands of my Facebook…
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The manifesto will have to be responsive
By Sunder Katwala The world has changed, with the financial and economic crisis, as the government and everybody…
‘The growth strategy no one will say out loud: rejoin the European Union’
Last week, a two-day seminar bringing together center-left participants from both Britain and the EU, including Labour MPs…
‘Election finance laws are on the agenda – now is the moment for ambition’
Today, the Electoral Commission revealed the price tag of General Election 2024: £95 million. Also today, the UK…
‘Hope starts young: Why Labour must tell the story of a better tomorrow’
In politics, as in business, ideas only stick when they tell a story. A government can have the…
Labour to scrap first past the post for mayoral and PCC elections
The Labour government has set out plans to scrap the first past the post voting system for mayoral…
Andrew Pakes MP: ‘We need blue-collar Labour, not Blue Labour’
Taking pride in where you live and work defines our sense of place. Its opposite – the lack…
A year in power: The cabinet on their proudest wins and favourite moments
One year since Labour returned to power, the government has begun in earnest the task of turning the…
‘One year on, Labour still hasn’t reckoned with collapsing trust in politics’
I spent the general election campaign travelling the country for LabourList, visiting marginal seats, talking to candidates and knocking…
Welfare vote: ‘Three options Rachel Reeves has to plug the fiscal gap’
What remained of the welfare reform bill scraped through the Commons yesterday. The government had been banking on…
