News Art institutions must do more to attract disadvantaged children or face funding cuts, says Harman The next Labour government would take away state funding for museums and theatres, unless they do more to… 9th June, 2014, 11:40 am
News NEC Report – 3rd June 2014 Report on the recent Local and European elections We discussed the recent Local and European election results in… Johanna Baxter 9th June, 2014, 10:55 am
Comment Londoners need councils to build homes Like many London councillors, it didn’t take long for the doorstep conversations I had during the local election… James Murray 7th June, 2014, 5:45 pm
News Peter Hain is leaving the Commons – but he’s not leaving politics Last night Peter Hain announced that he’ll be standing down from parliament next year after 23 years as… 7th June, 2014, 11:58 am
Comment Child maintenance fees: why Cameron doesn’t care about disadvantaging women Another week, another policy that disproportionately affects women and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Last week the government announced… Beth Miller 6th June, 2014, 4:05 pm
Comment Ways to win in 2015: 5 lessons from Chuka’s Progress speech One Nation Labour has had a rough ride. First it was deemed a fluffy vision with no policies.… Joe Jervis 6th June, 2014, 2:04 pm
News Labour consider lifting caps on council borrowing so they can build more homes The person in charge of Labour’s housing policy review – Sir Michael Lyons – has floated proposals that… 6th June, 2014, 12:59 pm
Featured Remembering D-Day – and all the other D-Days since There are few moments from history where it’s possible to pin our national story to a single date… Dan Jarvis 6th June, 2014, 12:01 am
Comment Who had lunch? Who cares. But when it comes to coalitions – members must decide There was some excitement/dismay (delete as appropriate) overnight with Newsnight reporting that there had been a meeting between senior… Mark Ferguson 5th June, 2014, 10:14 am
Video Ed Miliband’s full response to the Queen’s Speech Here’s Ed Miliband’s full response to today’s Queen’s Speech, in glorious technicolour. For those who prefer reading,… 4th June, 2014, 5:14 pm