Labour councils are on the Covid frontline. We need funding and powers
Coronavirus has had a devastating impact in every part of our country, but in the face of this…
Austerity
Who will pay for the coronavirus crisis? Labour needs an answer
As Keir Starmer finishes his first 100 days as Labour leader, questions remain about the shape of his…
Labour must reject any post-coronavirus return to austerity
With Britain having the worst Covid-19 death rate in Europe and one of the highest in the world,…
It’s time to reverse ten years of Tory decline in our armed forces
On Armed Forces Day tomorrow, we will rightly celebrate the national pride we have in our military personnel…
Opposition in the time of coronavirus
Labour members and voters vary in their views on how – and to what extent – capitalism should…
How local government has responded to Covid-19 – and what it means financially
Each day this week I’ve written about a different element of the local government response to Covid-19. Whilst…
How Newham has deployed an army of volunteers to support residents
Two weeks ago, there was nothing. Some ideas, lots of questions and a whole bunch of challenges to…
Labour must never go back to being the party of austerity-lite
It is the result that the labour movement has been waiting for since December 12th last year. Yes,…
This week’s Budget was getting it wrong, not ‘getting it done’
It’s been just a few days since the government’s first Budget and there’s an emerging consensus that, once…
Austerity isn’t over, IFS Budget analysis shows
Labour has said that analysis of the Budget by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) shows that austerity…
