The real cost of regional public sector pay
Yesterday my Shadow Cabinet Colleague, the Shadow Secretary of State for Government Margaret Curran, and I led a…
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Put down the shovel, George…
According to George Osborne there’s “only one thing worse than listening, and that’s not listening”. This justifies his…
As deadly for a person’s health as smoking, alcohol or obesity
The latest victims of the Tory-led coalition’s austerity agenda are the elderly and vulnerable people who depend on…
Together lets rebuild Britain – Ed Miliband’s NPF speech
It’s great to be with you today at our National Policy Forum in Birmingham. Labour Birmingham Labour, in…
Today Miliband will make a “brave” speech – but is it brave enough?
Today Ed Miliband will be in Birmingham to address Labour’s National Policy forum (which we’ll be covering this…
We need to keep up the pressure over child poverty
In 1999 Tony Blair made a big and bold commitment to eliminating child poverty within a generation. This…
Labour Party announces “Voluntary Severance Scheme”
In an email to Labour staff this afternoon, General Secretary Iain McNicol announced that the party would be…
A modern day postcode lottery
Imagine you’re running the country. Imagine some parts of the country are poorer than others – not exactly…
Becoming the Party of business
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) account for 99% of all enterprise in the UK. There are 4.5m of…
PMQs verdict: Parliament can do better than this – and it must
What kind of country are we living in, if our parliamentarians can’t treat each other with basic decency?…
